Ants

Charlie Kaufman is familiar from his films, but it’s time to admit: until now, the author of Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was constrained by the budget and limitations of the world of objects. In his debut novel about an unsuccessful film critic, he throws off the shackles: the narrative stretches back and forth millions of years, populated by fictional and real movie stars, robot clones of Trump, reflections on Sokurov and Nolan, BDSM practitioners and caustic commentary on the #MeToo era. Antic is a majestic and caustic puzzle novel that can be deciphered according to the model of T. Pynchon or J. F. Wallace, or you can dive into it head-on and submit to its psychedelic power.