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    Killing Time (Carr novel)

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    Killing Time is a dystopian novel by Caleb Carr set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially serialized in TIME and later published in 2000 by Random House.[1] It includes criticisms of the Information Age (see quotes below). The book was a departure for Carr, whose previous two novels (and his subsequent one) were crime thrillers set in the Victorian era.

    Characters[edit]

    Main characters[edit]

    • Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the criminal and psychiatrist.
    • Dov Eshkol: the antagonist, a ruthless, fanatic agent of the Israeli Mossad

    Other Team-Members[edit]

    • Prof. Julien Fouché: the molecular biologist
    • Dr. Eli Kuperman: the anthropologist
    • Dr. Jonah Kuperman: the archaeologist
    • Colonel Slayton: the (ex-US-)soldier
    • Dr. Leon Tarbell: the documents expert
    • Larissa Tressalian: Gideon's lover/ former assassin
    • Malcom Tressalian: leader of the team/ Larissa's brother

    Minor characters[edit]

    • Chief Dugumbe: leader of the African tribe, with which Dr. Gideon Wolfe lives upon writing down his story
    • Mutesa: member of the African tribe, who becomes Dr. Wolfe's host and sponsor
    • General Said: Malaysian warlord and arms dealer

    Quotes[edit]

    • "Mundus vult decipi" is a Latin phrase meaning "The world wants to be deceived"
    • "It is the greatest truth of our age: Information is not knowledge."
    • I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past. -- Patrick Henry, 1775

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Asher, Jim (29 October 2000). "Caleb Carr reaches 25 years into the future". The Baltimore Sun. p. 13F.


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