Numb
  • Published:
    Aug-2010
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    278
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Early one morning, after a sandstorm had ripped through north Texas, I wandered into Mr. Tilly's circus. I wore a black suit and blood ran down my face. When some of the carnies came up to me, I said, I'm numb. This became my name.

A man with no memory who feels no pain, Numb travels to New York City after a short stint with the circus, following the one and only clue he holds to his hidden history: a brittle, bloodstained business card. But once there, word of his condition rapidly spreads--sparked by the attention he attracts by letting people nail his hands to wooden bars for money--and he quickly finds himself hounded on all sides by those who would use his unique ability in their own pursuits of fame and fortune. It is a strange world indeed that Numb numbly stumbles through, surrounded by crowds of suck-ups and opportunists, as he confronts life's most basic and difficult question: Who am I?

Sean Ferrell's Numb is a wildly entertaining examination of identity, friendship, pain, and the cult of celebrity that heralds the arrival of a fresh and uniquely inventive literary voice.
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EDITIONS
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    • First Edition
    • Aug-2010
    • HarperPerennial
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0061946508
    • ISBN13: 9780061946509
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    • Jul-2010
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Aug-2010
    • Harper
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0062005421
    • ISBN13: 9780062005427



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