The Gone-Away World A Novel - Vintage Contemporaries

1st Vintage Contemporaries Edition

Paperback (11 Aug 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A hilarious, action-packed look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a thrilling war story, and an all out kung-fu infused mission to save the world. 

"A flat-out ferociously good novel.... Reads like a surrealist smashup of Pynchon and Pratchett, Vonnegut and Heller." -Austin Chronicle

Gonzo Lubitch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They grew up together, they studied kung-fu together, they rebelled in college together, and they fought in the Go Away War together. Now, with the world in shambles and dark, nightmarish clouds billowing over the wastelands, they have been tapped for an incredibly perilous mission. But they quickly realize that this assignment is more complex than it seems, and before it is over they will have encountered everything from mimes, ninjas, and pirates to one ultra-sinister mastermind, whose only goal is world domination.

Book information

ISBN: 9780307389077
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Vintage Contemporaries Edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 576
Weight: 426g
Height: 206mm
Width: 132mm
Spine width: 26mm