The Visible Man: A Novel
- Author: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrator: Scott Shepherd
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 8:00:25
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Downtown Owl, “the Ethicist” of the New York Times Magazine, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his second novel—an imaginative page-turner about a therapist and her unusual patient, a man who can render himself invisible.
Therapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. As he slowly reveals himself, Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. He says he uses this ability to observe random individuals within their daily lives, usually when they are alone and vulnerable. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient and the disclosure of his increasingly bizarre and disturbing tales. Over time, it threatens her career, her marriage, and her own identity.
Interspersed with notes, correspondence, and transcriptions that catalog a relationship based on curiosity and fear, The Visible Man touches on all of Chuck Klosterman’s favorite themes—the consequence of culture, the influence of media, the complexity of voyeurism, and the existential contradiction of normalcy. Is this comedy, criticism, or horror? Not even Y__ seems to know for sure.
Chapters
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TheVisibleMan 01 Intro
Duration: 31s -
TheVisibleMan 02 FromTheOffice
Duration: 11min -
TheVisibleMan 03 Part1
Duration: 16min -
TheVisibleMan 04 Part1 a
Duration: 18min -
TheVisibleMan 05 TheFirstMeaningful
Duration: 20min -
TheVisibleMan 06 TheFirstMeaningful a
Duration: 13min -
TheVisibleMan 07 TheSecondMeaningful
Duration: 17min -
TheVisibleMan 08 TheThirdMeaningful
Duration: 05min -
TheVisibleMan 09 TheThirdMeaningful a
Duration: 27min -
TheVisibleMan 10 Part2
Duration: 17min -
TheVisibleMan 11 TheRevelation
Duration: 17min -
TheVisibleMan 12 Part3
Duration: 05min -
TheVisibleMan 13 TheValerieSessions
Duration: 25min -
TheVisibleMan 14 TheValerieSessions a
Duration: 24min -
TheVisibleMan 15 AnAttempt
Duration: 12min -
TheVisibleMan 16 FromTheOffice
Duration: 14min -
TheVisibleMan 17 TheUnclearStory
Duration: 19min -
TheVisibleMan 18 AnotherLapse
Duration: 16min -
TheVisibleMan 19 AMemoryOr
Duration: 18min -
TheVisibleMan 20 APersonalRevelation
Duration: 13min