Big Machine by Victor Lavalle
Winner of the American Book Award and the Shirley Jackson Award
Ricky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard what may have been the voice of God.
Infused with the wonder of a disquieting dream and laced with Victor LaValle’s fiendish comic sensibility, Big Machine is a mind-rattling mystery about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us.
Format: Paperback | 384 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 13.1 x 1.9 | 282g
Publication Date: 09 Mar 2010
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0385527993
ISBN13: 9780385527996
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, and considerable browning on the inside of both front and back covers, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.