Novel Explosives

Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer (Zerogram Press, 2016) is an experimental novel that tells three interrelated stories set in Los Angeles, Ciudad Juárez, and Guanajuato.

Novel Explosives
first edition cover
AuthorJim Gauer
CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
GenreExperimental novel, Philosophical fiction, Postmodernism
PublisherZerogram Press
Publication date
2016
Media typePrint
Pages713
ISBN978-1-55713-433-2

The novel is named after a thermobaric weapon introduced by the US Marine Corps during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq called a "Novel Explosive" (SMAW-NE).

There are many references to the poet Fernando Pessoa.

Jeff Bursey writing for Numéro Cinq described the novel as having Quentin Tarantino-like action sequences paired with metafictional flourishes.[1][2] [3]

References

  1. Michael Silverblatt (July 20, 2017). "Jim Gauer: Novel Explosives". Bookworm, 88.9 FM, KCRW.
  2. "Novel Explosives by Jim Gauer". Kirkus Review. October 11, 2016.
  3. Jeff Bursey (November 2016). "The Encyclopedic Novel: Review of Jim Gauer's Explosives". Numéro Cinq.
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