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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Graywolf Press
ISBN-10
1644452081
ISBN-13
9781644452080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27057279253
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dr. No : a Novel
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Espionage, African American / General, Literary, Action & Adventure
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-930735
Reviews
"Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "If the unexpected always happens in Everett's individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes." --Asali Solomon, The Washington Post "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "The latest zany masterpiece from the novelist Percival Everett. . . . This is the fantasy of Black capitalism, and in Dr. No , Everett has given us an antagonist up to the task of representing its delusions--a villain who thinks he is a hero, a savior who shows up empty-handed." --Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic "It is hard to write or even think about his work without sounding like an inferior edition of Percival Everett. . . . One way to evaluate an artist is to observe the quantity and quality of misinterpretation his work begets. By this measure Everett ranks very highly. 'Damn it, I don't understand it, but I love it,' mutters one of the characters, regarding Sill's weapon of nothingness. Same." --Molly Young, New York Times Book Review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "[ Dr. No is] sharp-witted satire about racism, violence and academia - and it proves why Everett is one of the most unpredictable and original novelists working today." --Michael Schaub, NPR.org, Best Books of 2022 "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "If the unexpected always happens in Everett's individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes." --Asali Solomon, The Washington Post "It is hard to write or even think about his work without sounding like an inferior edition of Percival Everett. . . . One way to evaluate an artist is to observe the quantity and quality of misinterpretation his work begets. By this measure Everett ranks very highly. 'Damn it, I don't understand it, but I love it,' mutters one of the characters, regarding Sill's weapon of nothingness. Same." --Molly Young, New York Times Book Review "The latest zany masterpiece from the novelist Percival Everett. . . . This is the fantasy of Black capitalism, and in Dr. No , Everett has given us an antagonist up to the task of representing its delusions--a villain who thinks he is a hero, a savior who shows up empty-handed." --Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Everett is a true American genius, a master artist. . . . As off-kilter as ever, Dr. No is Percival Everett at his most artfully absurd and ironic, and it might be just the thing to finally propel this star into the literary ether." --Carole V. Bell, Oprah Daily "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "A delightfully escapist romp as well as an incisive sendup of espionage fiction. . . . [A] master class in satirical style." --Carole V. Bell, NPR.org "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "[ Dr. No is] sharp-witted satire about racism, violence and academia - and it proves why Everett is one of the most unpredictable and original novelists working today." --Michael Schaub, NPR.org, Best Books of 2022 "Everett is a true American genius, a master artist. . . . As off-kilter as ever, Dr. No is Percival Everett at his most artfully absurd and ironic, and it might be just the thing to finally propel this star into the literary ether." --Carole V. Bell, Oprah Daily "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "If the unexpected always happens in Everett's individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes." --Asali Solomon, The Washington Post "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "The latest zany masterpiece from the novelist Percival Everett. . . . This is the fantasy of Black capitalism, and in Dr. No , Everett has given us an antagonist up to the task of representing its delusions--a villain who thinks he is a hero, a savior who shows up empty-handed." --Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic "It is hard to write or even think about his work without sounding like an inferior edition of Percival Everett. . . . One way to evaluate an artist is to observe the quantity and quality of misinterpretation his work begets. By this measure Everett ranks very highly. 'Damn it, I don't understand it, but I love it,' mutters one of the characters, regarding Sill's weapon of nothingness. Same." --Molly Young, New York Times Book Review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "If the unexpected always happens in Everett's individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes." --Asali Solomon, The Washington Post "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "It is hard to write or even think about his work without sounding like an inferior edition of Percival Everett. . . . One way to evaluate an artist is to observe the quantity and quality of misinterpretation his work begets. By this measure Everett ranks very highly. 'Damn it, I don't understand it, but I love it,' mutters one of the characters, regarding Sill's weapon of nothingness. Same." --Molly Young, New York Times Book Review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022, "Everett is a true American genius, a master artist. . . . As off-kilter as ever, Dr. No is Percival Everett at his most artfully absurd and ironic, and it might be just the thing to finally propel this star into the literary ether." --Carole V. Bell, Oprah Daily "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "If the unexpected always happens in Everett's individual novels, the variety across the work also astonishes." --Asali Solomon, The Washington Post "The preeminent satirist delivers a deadpan hilarious send up of poisonous contemporary racism and the international espionage genre. . . . It's absurd and utterly brilliant." -- Oprah Daily , "Best Books of Fall" "The latest zany masterpiece from the novelist Percival Everett. . . . This is the fantasy of Black capitalism, and in Dr. No , Everett has given us an antagonist up to the task of representing its delusions--a villain who thinks he is a hero, a savior who shows up empty-handed." --Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic "It is hard to write or even think about his work without sounding like an inferior edition of Percival Everett. . . . One way to evaluate an artist is to observe the quantity and quality of misinterpretation his work begets. By this measure Everett ranks very highly. 'Damn it, I don't understand it, but I love it,' mutters one of the characters, regarding Sill's weapon of nothingness. Same." --Molly Young, New York Times Book Review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, "Everett continues to be an endlessly inventive, genre-devouring creator of thoughtful, tender, provocative, and absolutely unpredictable literary wonders." -- Booklist , starred review "Everett brings his mordant wit, philosophic inclinations, and narrative mischief to the suspense genre. . . . [He] is adroit at ramping up the tension while sustaining his narrator's droll patter and injecting well-timed ontological discourses on...well...nothing. It may not sound like anything much, so to speak. But then, neither did all those episodes of Seinfeld that insisted they were about nothing. And this, too, is just as funny, if in a far different, more metaphysical manner. A good place to begin finding out why Everett has such a devoted cult." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "The phenomenally talented and prolific Percival Everett conducts a highwire act in Dr. No , balancing opaque mathematical theory with disarmingly deadpan humor over a daunting crevasse of nothing. . . . The result is an entertaining caper of philosophical proportions. It is an adventure that can be appreciated on any of the numerous levels that Everett is working on, from the unassuming bumbling of a humble mathematician to the provocative consequences of unmitigated power, nothing is quite as enjoyable as Dr. No ." --Dave Wheeler, Shelf Awareness "Percival Everett has always been a prolific writer, but the past few years have been an epic run even for him. . . . This caper novel will keep you laughing and pondering; nothing will get in the way of that." --Omari Weekes, Vulture 's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022 "It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett." --Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20221026
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
WINNER OF THE 2023 PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star keeps rising The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it. This makes him the perfect partner for the aspiring villain John Sill, who wants to break into Fort Knox to steal, well, not gold bars but a shoebox containing nothing. Once he controls nothing he'll proceed with a dastardly plan to turn a Massachusetts town into nothing. Or so he thinks. With the help of the brainy and brainwashed astrophysicist-turned-henchwoman Eigen Vector, our professor tries to foil the villain while remaining in his employ. In the process, Wala Kitu learns that Sill's desire to become a literal Bond villain originated in some real all-American villainy related to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. As Sill says, "Professor, think of it this way. This country has never given anything to us and it never will. We have given everything to it. I think it's time we gave nothing back." Dr. No is a caper with teeth, a wildly mischievous novel from one of our most inventive, provocative, and productive writers. That it is about nothing isn't to say that it's not about anything. In fact, it's about villains. Bond villains. And that's not nothing.
LC Classification Number
PS3555.V34D7 2022
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- c***m (421)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii using free shipping USPS Ground Mail, Received 06/18; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!
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- c***m (421)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii using free shipping USPS Ground Mail, Received 06/18; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!
- l***1 (1491)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseGreat seller; book exactly as described in mint condition sold at a reasonable price; seller shipped item FAST, FREE and with tracking information, a must nowadays; seller shipped in tight, cardboard mailing envelope, which tightly fit over the book, preventing damage in shipment; good communication too; rate seller 10+++++Cuentos de La Habana Elegante, Brand New, Free shipping in the US (#364594098367)
- c***t (921)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book I bought was reasonably priced and when it arrived it was in the 'Like New' condition specified in the listing. However, when I saw that the seller had not shipped the book after more than 15 days had passed since my order I felt I must write to say that I had actually placed an order with the seller and inquire when it planned to send the book. The brusque reply was that a tracking number was available, but no number HAD been created until I pointed out that I had placed the order.Catland by Hughes, Kathryn, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US (#356798982438)