Genesis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312423896)

A major new novel about sex and the citizen by the award-winning author of Being Dead

The timid life of actor Felix Dern is uncorrupted by Hollywood, where his success has not yet been shackled with any intrusive fame. But in the theaters and the restaurants of his own city, Lix is celebrated and admired for his looks, for his voice, and for his unblemished private life. He has succeeded in courting popularity everywhere, this handsome hero of the left, this charming darling of the right, this ever-twisting weather vane.

A perfect life? No, he is blighted. He has been blighted since his teens, for every woman he sleeps with bears his child. So now it is Mouetta's turn. Their baby's due in May. Lix wants to say he feels besieged. Another child? To be so fertile is a curse...

In Genesis, Jim Crace, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year, charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.

Author: Jim Crace
ISBN-10: 0312423896
ISBN-13: 9780312423896
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2004
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.62w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/19/2004 pg. 30