· Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, The Teleportation Accident is a hilarious sci-fi noir about sex, Satan, and teleportation devices. When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you're living in Germany in the s, it probably isn't. But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental Brand: Bloomsbury USA. · The Teleportation Accident, loved by many, is for some an entertaining and unique novel in terms of style. Advertisements. I have to say that I sincerely believe that the book is creatively written, but the author seems to try to impress the reader persistently. Well, this is a little www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins. · ‘The Teleportation Accident’ by Ned Beauman. (Bloomsbury) The self-absorbed Loeser is indifferent to the threatening political situation that drove his compatriots from www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
At times THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT is as bloody-mindedly difficult as Egon Loeser, but it builds slowly, brings its threads together with great skill, and Ned Beauman turns a good phrase as his characters dance their line between the cleverly obnoxious and the obnoxiously clever. * SFX * A shape-shifting, time-travelling, genre-teasing treat. Author Ned Beauman makes this allusion in his s-and-onward Teleportation Accident, but the author paints here a much different picture through protagonist Egon Loeser, an almost painfully. The fantastically inventive, ingenious and hilarious new novel from Ned Beauman. What listeners say about The Teleportation Accident Average Customer Ratings. Overall. 3 out of 5 stars out of 5 Stars 0 4 Stars 1 3 Stars 2 2 Stars 0 1 Stars.
Ned Beauman In the declining Weimar Republic, Egon Loeser works as a stage designer for New Expressionist theatre. His hero is the greatest set designer of the 17th century, Adriano Lavicini, who devised the so-called Teleportation Device for the whisking of actors from one scene to another — a miracle, until the thing malfunctioned, causing numerous deaths and perhaps summoning the devil himself. The Teleportation Accident, loved by many, is for some an entertaining and unique novel in terms of style. Advertisements. I have to say that I sincerely believe that the book is creatively written, but the author seems to try to impress the reader persistently. Well, this is a little disturbing. Set in s Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles, The Teleportation Accident is a sci-fi-noir-comedy mashup overstuffed with astute social observations, high-brow literary allusions and vivid prose.
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