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. 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
Main Characters
- Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the criminal and psychiatrist.
- Dov Eshkol: the antagonist, a ruthless, fanatic agent of the Israeli Mossad
Other Team-Members
- 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
- 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
- "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