Glyph: A Novel

by Percival Everett

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A hilarious, ground-breaking and insightful novel, Glyph successfully blends the feverish plot of a thriller with the philosophical depth of Barthes. Narrated by a baby genius Ralph; a baby with an IQ of 475, who is much more at home with the post-modernist thought of Voltaire than reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. However, word soon spreads about this miracle gift, and Ralph is soon kidnapped and held hostage by a child psychologist, who runs tests on him. What follows is a number of successive kidnaps, and a linguistic adventure unlike any other.
  • ISBN10 1555976670
  • ISBN13 9781555976675
  • Publish Date 18 February 2014 (first published 1 October 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 214
  • Language English