Chopin's Move (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564783349)

With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin's Move interweaves the fates of Chopin, entomologist and recalcitrant secret agent; Oswald, a young foreign-affairs employee who vanishes en route to his new home; Suzy, who gets enmeshed in a tangle of deceit and counterdeceit; the mysterious Colonel Seck, whose motivations are never quite what they seem; and a typically Echenozian supporting cast of neurotic bodyguards, disquieting functionaries, and crafty double agents. As the plot thickens, the characters become embroiled in layer upon layer of deception and double-dealing, leading them further into a world in which nothing can be taken at face value and in which "reality" hinges on apparently harmless coincidence.

Author: Jean Echenoz
ISBN-10: 1564783340
ISBN-13: 9781564783349
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 135
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.54w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/05/2004 pg. 41
Booklist 04/01/2004 pg. 1346
Library Journal 04/15/2004 pg. 123
New York Times 04/25/2004 pg. 15