Infinite Detail

TitleInfinite Detail
Year for Search2019
AuthorsMaughan, Tim(b. 1973)
Pagination372 pp.
Date Published2010
PublisherMCD x FSG Originals/Farrar Straus & Giroux
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9780374175412
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, Scottish author
Annotation

The novel is divided in alternate sections, Before and After the end of the internet, all connectivity, and civilization as we know it with a focus on the Croft. In the Before, the Croft, an area of Bristol, had cut itself off from the pervasive surveillance of modern life. In the After, with all authority gone, competing militias control different areas and use forced labor to raise food, and the Croft is a walled compound.

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Author Note

Scottish author (b. 1973) living in Canada.

Full Text

2019 Maughan, Tim. Infinite Detail. New York: MCD x FSG Originals/Farrar Straus & Giroux. 372 pp. PSt

The novel is divided in alternate sections, Before and After the end of the internet, all connectivity, and civilization as we know it with a focus on the Croft. In the Before, the Croft, an area of Bristol, had cut itself off from the pervasive surveillance of modern life. In the After, with all authority gone, competing militias control different areas and use forced labor to raise food, and the Croft is a walled compound. Scottish author living in Canada.