The Ticking Heart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Andrew, author.

Contributor:

Kaufman, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Private investigators--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Detective and mystery stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Coach House Books, 2019.

Summary:

"Expansive and imaginative." --Kirkus Reviews"Irreverent and bursting prose... Fans of Mark Leyner will enjoy Kaufman's messy string of outrageous scenarios." --Publishers WeeklyPart modern fable, part detective novel, a journey through grief in the imaginary world of Metaphoria.One cold winter night, Charlie shares a cab with a stranger in a purple hat. As they talk, a cloud of purple smoke overwhelms him and he wakes up to find himself behind the only desk in the Epiphany Detective Agency. Charlie, as it turns out, is trapped in Metaphoria, an otherworldly place that reality has forgotten, a place where everything means something else. His first client is Shirley Miller, who insists on hiring Charlie to find her husband's missing heart. In fact, she's so insistent that she replaces Charlie's heart with a bomb. He has twenty-four hours to find Twiggy Miller's heart - and its meaning - or his own will explode.Tender and brutal, optimistic and despairing, this modern fable by the author of the cult hit All My Friends Are Superheroes takes a fresh look at what it means to fall into, and out of, love.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

1. The Return of the Man in the Purple Hat

2. The Epiphany Detective Agency

3. The Two Channels

4. The Consequences of Doubt

5. The N.E.E.D.

6. The Unnamed Ghost

7. A Raised Cursive Font

8. The Secret Warmth of Kitty Packesel's Apartment

8. The Cyclops

9. The Other Channel

10. The Purple Velvet Bag

11. Forever Yours: A Cardiac Self-Storage Facility

12. The Spero Machine

13. Zombies and Wingdings

14. Heart Compass

15. The Library of Blank Pages

16. Return of the Cyclops

17. The Spero Machine, Switched ON

18. Attack of the White Blood Cells

19. The Heart's Interrogation

20. The Wisdom of Poe Texterman

21. The Theory of Giants

22. The Cardiac Overall Wrapping and Reserve Defence

23. Switching Channels

24. The Roof of the Tachycardia Tower

25. Naked and Tiny

26. The Exact Location of Twiggy Miller's Heart

27. The Consequences of the C.O.W.A.R.D.

28. 00:00:17

29. How Things Work Around Here

30. The Purpose

The Heart's Morse Code

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781770565838

1770565833

OCLC:

1107291909