C by Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy’s first novel was published in a run of just 750 copies by an underground French imprint after the UK turned it down; it was subsequently snapped up by independent British publisher Alma Books after word of mouth began to grow, and McCarthy is now published by Random House. This third novel, C, opens in the early 20th century and follows the story of Serge Carrefax, whose father runs a school for deaf children while experimenting with wireless communication. After working as a radio operator during the First World War, Serge is later taken to a German prison camp, escapes, and eventually ends up in an Egyptian tomb. Read Tom McCarthy on technology and literature