Ghost Lights A Novel
Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet is a First Edition novel published by W. W. Norton & Company on September 20, 2011. This 255-page work presents a darkly humorous narrative centered around Hal, a mild-mannered IRS bureaucrat who suspects his wife of infidelity. His journey begins at a drunken dinner party where he volunteers to search for his wife’s employer, T., who has mysteriously vanished in the jungles of Belize, leading Hal into a series of strange and unpredictable encounters.
Readers will find a blend of satire and humor as Millet explores themes of idealism, disillusionment, and the complexities of human relationships. The novel showcases her characteristic wit and keen observation of the oddities in both human and nonhuman interactions. With elements of black humor and a philosophical undertone, Ghost Lights invites readers into a narrative that balances the absurd with moments of tender honesty, reflecting on the nature of home and the profound devotion of parenthood.
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A funny and haunting new novel from “one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation” (Los Angeles Times).
Hal is a mild-mannered IRS bureaucrat who suspects that his wife is cheating with her younger, more virile coworker. At a drunken dinner party, Hal volunteers to fly to Belize in search of Susan’s employer, T.—the protagonist of Lydia Millet’s much-lauded novel How the Dead Dream—who has vanished in a tropical jungle, initiating a darkly humorous descent into strange and unpredictable terrain.
Salon raved that Millet’s “writing is always flawlessly beautiful, reaching for an experience that precedes language itself.” In Ghost Lights, she combines her characteristic wit and a sharp eye for the weirdness that governs human (and nonhuman) interactions. With the scathing satire and tender honesty of Sam Lipsyte and a dark, quirky, absurdist style reminiscent of Joy Williams, Millet has created a comic, startling, and surprisingly philosophical story about idealism and disillusionment, home and not home, and the singular, heartbreaking devotion of parenthood.
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