Description
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the German Book Prize
An eerie and uncanny mystery, reminiscent of early Pynchon, and the American debut of one of the most acclaimed young European novelists.
Trade Review"It's inevitable that Setz will be compared to Thomas Pynchon, for his narrative has a similar complexity, nuance and, yes, even paranoia." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Alarming and surreally beautiful… Part postmodern thriller, part essay into the darker reaches of prejudice,
Indigo offers a set of terrifying hypotheses, many of which remain hauntingly unrealized. Setz has conducted a masterly interrogation of the prurience, morbid curiosity and exploitation that informs contemporary society, introducing a cast of memorably repellent characters. At the same time, he creates a psychological atmosphere in which it is possible for us to feel compassion even for some of his more sinister creations." -- John Burnside - Times Literary Supplement (UK)
"The questions [
Indigo] raises regarding empathy and loneliness are explored in moving and idiosyncratic ways." -- New Yorker
