Killing Time (Caleb 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.
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[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
- Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the protagonist, a renowned expert in psychological profiling.
- Larissa Tresselian: beautiful and clever daughter of the father of Information age
- Malcolm Tressalian: Larissa's brother and head of the a band of techno-"terrorists"
- Dov Eshkol: the antagonist, a ruthless, fanatic agent of the Israeli Mossad
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
