Gods Without Men [Paperback]

A beautifully written echo chamber of a novel (David Mitchell )

Kunzru's engagingly wired prose and agile plotting sweep all before them (New Yorker )

One of the most talented writers of his generation (Image )

Kunzru's prose sashays across the page with all the fluid flamboyance of a dance (The Times )

Pitch-perfect masterwork (Publishers Weekly )

Kunzru just gets better and better. This fourth novel is an astonishing tour de force (Kirkus )

The literary skills of Hari Kunzru are evident throughout this complex and disturbing novel . . . beautifully constructed sentences . . . A briliant crossover literary feat (Annie Proulx Financial Times )

A funny, beautifully observed novel that raises big questions about how far events and people, past and present, are connected. But for all the big ideas, it is also surprisingly moving (Psychologies Magazine )

With each novel, Hari Kunzru is proving himself a subtler and more ingenious writer . . . his most ambitious work yet (Scotland on Sunday )

Dizzying scope . . . It is a testament to Kunzru's ability as a writer that Gods Without Men presents so many characters sketched so vividly (New Statesman )

A fine writer with an enviably fertile imagination (Telegraph )

Refreshingly uncompromising (Fatema Ahmed Prospect )

Extraordinary ... smart and innovative ... Kunzru is conspicuously clever and talented ... a revelation ... interesting and exhilarating ... a virtuoso performance ... funny and ingenious ... This clever and extremely enjoyable novel deserves to be popular not just with hippies, students and other questing types, but also with more sceptical audiences Guardian The literary skills of Hari Kunzru are evident throughout this complex and disturbing novel ... beautifully constructed sentences ... A brilliant crossover literary feat ... Careful readers will find Kunzru himself is something of a trickster Annie Proulx Consistently atmospheric ... Richly detailed ... For all the wit, this is a dark portrait of modern morals ... Kunzru tenderly teases out the humanity, to powerful emotional effect GQ Psychological acuity, a wonderful linguistic precision and the ability to make beautiful accordance between form and content via thoughtful narrative experiment. Gods without Men is a step further along the road towards the full realisation of Kunzru's early promise. It makes undeniable the claim that he is one of our most important novelists ... As large and cruel and real as life ... Never less than entertaining Independent on Sunday With each novel, Hari Kunzru is proving himself a subtler and more ingenious writer ... his most ambitious work yet Scotland on Sunday Gods Without Men is a dazed, erudite and unforgettable novel -- David Mitchell Kunzru's gift for satire remains undimmed ... Kunzru has already established himself as one of the most socially observant and skilful novelists around. In Gods Without Men, he has raised his game still further, creating a mature, intricately balanced fiction that is consistently gripping and entertaining Literary Review A funny, beautifully observed novel that raises big questions about how far events and people, past and present, are connected. But for all the big ideas, it is also surprisingly moving Psychologies Dizzying scope ... It is a testament to Kunzru's ability as a writer that Gods Without Men presents so many characters sketched so vividly New Statesman Kunzru's gift for the plain craft of prose, [and the wilful idiosyncrasy that] has shaped this sprawling, multi-stranded novel Metro Involving, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining Daily Mail Hugely entertaining ... A warm and well-travelled intelligence ... Heartwarming Sunday Express His biggest, most ambitious and most engaging novel to date The Times Psychological acuity, a wonderful linguistic precision and the ability to make beautiful accordance between form and content via thoughtful narrative experiment. Gods without Men is a step further along the road towards the full realisation of Kunzru's early promise. It makes undeniable the claim that he is one of our most important novelists ... As large and cruel and real as life Independent on Sunday Ambitiously eclectic ... smartly sharp social detail, high-fidelity dialogue, vivid evocation of place ... ironic wit and exuberant guyings of paranormal gobbledegook The Sunday Times Fuelled by an energetic intelligence. Along with a love of big ideas came narrative zest, verbal and comic flair, and an acute eye for contemporary mores both East and West ... Gods with Men marks another new and bold departure ... This really is Kunru's great American novel ... Compulsively readable, skilfully orchestrated, Kunzru's American odyssey brings a new note into his underlying preoccupation with human identity' Independent Being able to create a vivid sense of place is one of the hallmarks of a quality literary writer, but few could have done so as brilliantly as Hari Kunzru in his latest novel Gods without Men Big Issue Intensely involving ... Gods Without Men is one of the best novels of the year Daily Telegraph --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

2008. The California desert. A four-year-old autistic boy, Raj Matharu, disappears in the wilderness, plunging his wealthy New York parents into the surreal public hell of a media witch-hunt. But the desert is inexplicable and miraculous, and the Matharus' fate is bound up with that of others: a debauched British rock star, on the run from a failed relationship and the sordid excesses of his life; a former member of an extraterrestrial-worshipping cult, now middle-aged but still haunted by transcendent callings; and a teenage Iraqi refugee, who befriends a young black Marine while playing the role of 'Iraqi villager' in a military simulation exercise. Their lives converge in an odd, remote town, near a rock formation called The Pinnacles -- and among the tangled echoes and stories of all those who have travelled before them through this brutally powerful landscape.

A branching and multilayered novel by one of our most acclaimed writers, and a compulsively readable journey into the twists and turns of a handful of human lives, Gods Without Men is a heartfelt exploration of our search for pattern and meaning in a random and chaotic universe.

Hari Kunzru is the author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission and My Revolutions, and the story collection Noise. He lives in New York.