Killing Time, Caleb Carr
Killing Time, Caleb Carr
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Killing Time

Author: Caleb Carr

Narrator: Caleb Carr

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2000

Synopsis

The year is 2023, and much of the world enjoys great wealth generated by the triumph of information technology. However, the staphylococcus plague of 2006 wiped out 40 million people, and the 2020 assassination of American President Emily Forrester traumatized the nation. Through it all, the internet remains the main source of information, bombarding people with news, rumors and allegations twenty-four hours a day -- while creating enormous possibilities for the manipulation of mankind.

Into this world of deception wanders Dr. Gideon Wolfe, a New York psychiatrist, criminal profiler, and historian. Wolfe comes into possession of a computer disc that contains startling evidence that the now-famous visual record of President Forrester's assassination was digitally altered.

Stunned and enraged, Wolfe sets out to unravel the full tale of the Forrester hoax. His journey leads him to a secret group of scientific and military experts who seek to expose the astonishing degree to which the public can be deceived and manipulated in the Information Age. Wolfe joins the team and discovers that their efforts instigate the most horrendous single act of mass murder in world history. Relentlessly suspenseful, Killing Time reveals a new side of a master novelist.

About Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr is the critically acclaimed author of The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary, The Legend of Broken, and Surrender, New York. He has taught military history at Bard College, and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater. His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on December 21, 2023

I'm afraid I didn't care for this one. That is a bit upsetting to me, truth be told because Carr wrote one of my top ten favorite books of all time, The Alienist. So I listened to this one as an audiobook. It was one of those books I wasn't sure I wasn't sure I read. I learned quite quickly that I ha......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 08, 2013

An entirely fascinating tale, published in 2000, that was almost prescient, in some ways, regarding what was then the near future. So much so, that at one point I had to look up the publishing date to determine that it hadn't been written after the Great Recession of 2007! In an age where informatio......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 14, 2011

Mundus vult decipi. The world wants to be deceived. There it is, the main theme of the book - now, move on and go read The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness. I probably could stop my review right there, but because of my dedication to you, my goodreads friends, I won't. So, here it is, my (mostly) co......more

Goodreads review by Bax on June 15, 2008

I hate time travel SF and I hate mainstream authors who decide to "dabble" in SF, so it's a wonder I finished this one. 'real' authors who stoop to SF almost invariably wind up trying to pass off most hackneyed, overdone tropes as market fresh (Margaret Atwood being a prime offender), and this book i......more

Goodreads review by Atticus on May 26, 2024

Oddly, I picked this book on a whim from goodwill-Caleb Carr is one of my favorite authors-this book was written probably in 1999 published in 2000 yet the story takes place in 2023! Carr, a history and military writer, knows world politics quite well. He predicted many events which have actually ha......more

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