by Alex Garland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571223077
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«The Coma» is the mystery novel by Alex Garland, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (160 pages, in English).
After being attacked on the underground while defending a young woman, Carl wakes from a coma. His life feels strange: he can't remember how he got to a friend's house and seems to be having an affair with his secretary. The jumps in time and distortions make him doubt whether he's still unconscious. A psychological mystery about perception and consciousness.
Illustrated novel with 45 wood engravings by Nicholas Garland. It was originally published in 2004.
For readers of psychological thrillers and mysteries that delve into the human mind.
Alexander Medawar Garland is an English author and filmmaker. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and its sequel, 28 Years Later (2025), and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012). In video games, he co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and was a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).
