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Barnes's 1992 short novel is set in a fictional post-communist Eastern European country. Petkanov, the man who was the president under communism, is being tried by the new democratic government, and the prosecutor, Peter Solinsky, is swayed by Petkanov's passionate defense of the old system as a workable and humane system, and begins to question his own embrace of democracy.
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"In some ways, 'The Porcupine' brings to mind the political literature of fifty years ago: Andre Malraux, George Orwell and particularly the Arthur Koestler of 'Darkness at Noon..."
New York Times Book Review - Robert Stone (12/13/1992)
"That 'The Porcupine' is extremely well-written hardly needs saying; Mr. Barnes has earned his reputation."
National Review - Anthony Lejeune (12/14/1992)
"[Barnes] has shed his brilliance and dandyism to become a rather somber recorder of his times."
London Review of Books - Patrick Parrinder (02/11/1993)
"It is a sly and skillfully managed plot and Mr. Barnes's novel is memorable not least for its cameos of the dreary sadness of life as it is lived by so many ordinary people."
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