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The Dewey Decimal System (novel)

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First edition

The Dewey Decimal System is a 2011 science fiction/noir novel by Nathan Larson. It was first published by Akashic Books.

Synopsis

In a post-apocalyptic New York City, an amnesiac veteran – nicknamed "Dewey Decimal" for his self-imposed task of reorganizing the books in the remains of the New York Public Library – is an enforcer for the city's district attorney.

Reception

PopMatters lauded Larson's characterization, and stated that Decimal's many flaws – in addition to amnesia, he also has obsessive-compulsive disorder – make him an archetypical private eye.[1]

The A.V. Club praised the novel's premise and setting, with "patches of roughhewn poetry", but overall found it to be "frustrating" and "stilted (and) self-conscious", stating that Larson had insufficient "storytelling skill to match (the novel's) voice and vision".[2]

Publishers Weekly felt that the relationships between characters "fail(ed) to engage", and that the "violence too often substitute(d) for plot coherence".[3]

Origins

Larson has said that the book's genesis was the image of a "beautifully dressed black man, asleep on the floor of the Rose Reading Room in the New York Public Library main branch", and that the character of Dewey Decimal is based partly on his cousins and grandfather (who were all veterans), and partly on a homeless man of Larson's acquaintance named "Chicago" (who "slept rough but dressed like a mod squad Desmond Dekker type").[4]

References

  1. ^ Selective Amnesia, OCD Ticks and Other Useful Character Flaws in 'The Dewey Decimal System', by Jimmy Callaway, at PopMatters; published April 21, 2011; retrieved June 3, 2019
  2. ^ Nathan Larson: The Dewey Decimal System, reviewed by Jason Heller, at The A.V. Club; published May 5, 2011; retrieved June 3, 2019
  3. ^ The Dewey Decimal System, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published May 14, 2011; retrieved June 3, 2019
  4. ^ Who Wants to Live in a Fucking Utopia?: An Interview with Nathan Larson, by Jim Ruland, in the Los Angeles Review of Books; published December 14, 2015; retrieved June 3, 2019


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