Our body's clocks make the difference between happiness and depression, health and illness, and even life and death. The brilliant scientist Paul Kelley makes a compelling case for all organisations to allow people to work and study the hours that suit their personal circadian rhythms
Captain Katori Nkadia, the Kalary enchantress, is brought out of retirement on a special mission. She owns the fastest spaceship in the known universe. She will transport very peculiar passengers; Nongrono, the empath Vatui who can travel without moving; Casper Newhallas, the multibillionaire organ grower; Caleb, the only Bedra in the universe, a Chompra unit, a mercenary biomechanical bodyguard and Orson Clarke, of the Men of Xiom, probably the most powerful beings in the universe who live in Quantum space. Subspace communications have started failing in quadrants throughout the universe leaving them severed from the rest of the cosmos. This harmless glitch runs deeper into the fabric of the universe than everyone thought and threatens to destroy Quantum. It will be up to this dissimilar crew to use their individual strengths to succeed, or the universe will disappear with a whimper.
Kelley presents a critical examination of the underlying poetic structures and narrative strategies of Samuel Beckett's major extended works in prose from the trilogy onward. Throughout the text, Kelley refers to Beckett's 1931 monograph on Marcel Proust and draws attention to Beckett's originality as well as his debt to the French writer. Kelley teaches French at Wake Forest University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR