A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava

A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava

Deals with Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender - one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In this book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack - and how his world then slowly devolves.

"When I started reading A Naked Singularity, after a page or two I realized I was going to love it-and I did-but why? I've never sat down to analyze what it is that makes me read a book voraciously from cover to cover, fretting when I have to put it down and longing through the day to get back to itI like, admire, appreciate a whole range of books and am happy to devote my time and attention to them, but the ones that take me over are rarer.... Casi's voice is astonishing, cynical but compassionate, alive to the ridiculous and the pitiful and the horrific but never losing its commitment to morality." -Lian Hearn, author of Tales of the Otori"

Sergio De La Pava is a writer who does not live in Brooklyn.

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ISBN 13	9780226141794
ISBN 10	0226141799
Title	A Naked Singularity
Author	Sergio De La Pava
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	2012-04-19
Number of pages	696
Prizes	Winner of PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize 2013, Short-listed for Folio Prize 2014
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.