

I Am Radar
Author: Reif Larsen
Narrator: Adam Grupper
Unabridged: 25 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/24/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Reif Larsen
Narrator: Adam Grupper
Unabridged: 25 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/24/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
I am Radar begins with the story of Radar, a black boy born to white parents in New Jersey in the 1970s. His mother’s frantic search for answers to this medical mystery eventually brings her into contact with a bizarre group of scientists and performance artists in Norway. His father, traumatised by......more
It takes a deft hand to write effective adult fairy tales, a genre distinct from fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction, though sharing traits with all three. The writer is freed from the constraints of rational logic, but must use care not to insert too many colorful but extraneous myths that mig......more
I am Radar by Reif Larsen is a character study of a black man born to white parents. This book was very slow and hard for me to read, I have to be upfront about that. The book is written beautifully and Reif Larsen is a terrific writer, but I just couldn't get into this book. It took me months to get......more
I am Radar is a molecular orbital, whose narratives are occupied by Reif Larsen’s fevered imagination. The man has painstakingly crafted a secret history of the world where everything is entangled; a history of a history, if you could, in which he tracks Per Røed-Larsen’s history of the performance......more
I Am Radar reminds me of a big, frisky St. Bernard puppy who wants to be loved and who ends up making you laugh with delight at all its tricks. What words would I use to describe the novel? Audacious, swaggering, inimitable, bold, ambitious…well, you get the drift. Despite over 650 pages, it’s remark......more