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Stona Fitch Senseless Pbk published February 2003 by Soho P. US. at £7.99 ISBN: 1569473064


Kidnapped in Brussels by a group of international terrorists, Eliot Gast is held captive in a white room. Black wires hang from the wall and ceiling, broadcasting his plight world-wide via the Internet. His crime, they insist, demands justice. At first he co-operates, then he plots escape.

"...combines the taut plotline of a made-for-TV thriller with the ruminations a sophisticated literary novella" - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A chilling psychological thriller and brilliant political fable for our time" -

Russell Banks Eliot Gast, an American trade representative, is kidnapped in Brussels by a group of terrorists who oppose the European economic union. At first, Gast finds his captivity comfortable, but that all comes to an abrupt end on day seven, when the terrorists storm in and multilate Gast's tongue. Over the next several weeks, as described in highly disturbing detail, Gast is made to lose his hearing, his touch, his smell and part of his sight. This otherwise grim novel has many moments of poignant reflection as Gast ponders his past and seemingly precarious future.

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