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Senseless (Paperback)

by Stona Fitch (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Soho Press Inc; Reprint edition (1 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1569473064
  • ISBN-13: 978-1569473061
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,228,135 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Senseless is a chilling psychological thriller and brilliant political fable for our time. It's masterful and should be situated on the literary map between DeLillo and Coetzee." --Russell Banks
"Senseless combines the taut plotline of a made-for-TV thriller with the ruminations of a sophisticated literary novella." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"


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Kidnapped in Brussels by a group of international terrorists, Eliot Gast is held captive in a white room. Black wires hang from the wall and ceiling, broadcasting his plight world-wide via the Internet. His crime, they insist, demands justice. At first he co-operates, then he plots escape. "...combines the taut plotline of a made-for-TV thriller with the ruminations a sophisticated literary novella" - The Philadelphia Inquirer "A chilling psychological thriller and brilliant political fable for our time" - Russell Banks

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing book- hard to read, and hard not to read, 21 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Senseless (Hardcover)
Imagine you are walking home, on a fall evening and suddenly someone pulls a pillow case over your head, pushes you in a car and the next thing you see is that your being held captive in a "not so noticeable" apartment, in a isolated corner of the city where escaping is not a possibility.
This book is about Eliott Gast, who is an American economist and is kidnapped in Brussels, by a radical group that opposed globization.
Eliott is a middle-aged Princeton grad, and an economist who spends half of his life in Brussels, where he plays the role of a matchmaker introducing American and European markets.
Eliott is a man of senses. He enjoys tasting variety of cusines, has appreciation for music and has been around a lot. And now all this is going to end. Gradually his senses will be taken away from him. And this process of his senses being mutilated is being broadcasted on the internet.
This is a very intriguing book. It focuses more on his being trapped than him trying to escape. While Eliott is trapped in the apartment. His mind is racing with thoughts focusing on all his wrong doings. This part is very interesting because the Eliott goes back and forth in his life, creating new setting each time. This makes the book hard not to read.
This is a very intresting book;it's the book that you find hard to read as well hard not to red. One page and its guaranteed you will get hooked on to it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ice cold, 17 Nov 2006
One of the most powerful books I ever read, in terms of the language used describing the events. The torture of the business man, broadcasted on the internet.
I could only bear to read it chapter wise, as I sat shivering at what was happening. Friends of mine (tough guys..) jumped entire sections, and some could not even finish it.

I think it stands out as an achievement for the descriptive power it has. More than that, the message it conveys further adds to the flavour. This is definitely not for the fain of heart!
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