Hence

by Brad Leithauser

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394573110
• ISBN13: 9780394573113
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Writer's Second Novel

I loved this book, and of the author's first novel too. I am also a great fan of his first two books of poetry. A tremendously talented writer. Come back, Brad!

Lyrical, underappreciated near-masterpiece

"Hence" is a book that's sunk out of sight over the last few years, which is sad. People interested in chess or artificial intelligence (two of the book's putative subjects) have sometimes been disappointed in it. But I found it weirdly readable and very memorable, written in a style reminiscent of Nabokov. The various hints, clues, and word games scattered through the book add to that comparison. The strange narrative voice of Garner Briggs is a real achievement. I don't know if Leithauser has produced anything else written in this way, or if he's even interested in doing so again, but I'm certainly glad he wrote this.