The plot concerns a central character, Jonas, who wakes up one day to discover that everyone else has vanished from the city, perhaps the world, without trace; he appears to be the only person left.
As he attempts to discover what could possibly explain such a situation, the days pass and he begins to realise that he is performing strange activities when asleep. A struggle ensues as Jonas tries to control his unconscious actions while he continues to search in vain for other human life. At the novel's close, Jonas throws himself from a tower to his death.
Critical reception
The UK edition received a generally positive reception from critics. The Guardian referred to the book as being “at times genuinely horrific” because of the author’s skill in manipulating the “reader's constant anxiety that [he] won't, indeed can't, deliver a solution to his own mystery”.The Independent claimed that the novel, “functions both as an outstanding fictionalisation of Freud's essay The Uncanny, and as a superior literary thriller packed with invention and suspense”. The Scotland on Sunday said it was “strong on intrigue” and “seriously frightening”.
When I was a young boy I pretended I had a job My daddy said 'Pretty woman, Mama married into the mob' I dreamed one day I'd be livin' off the system for free But dreams come true, honey; welcome to my reality And I sleep all day and wake myself in the shadows (time to get up, gotta get up) Gotta catch that train by midnight for the Night work Gotta do the night work Punch that clock and break all the numbers Night work Gotta do the night work Weekday 9 to 5 shift is over I didn't have a penny No, I couldn't cut a cheque with a blade I used to have the shakes But now they're good at getting me played I sleep all day but I break my back in the moonlight (pump it up, it's not enough) Gotta cash that cheque by midnight for the Night work Gotta do the night work Punch that clock and break all the numbers Night work Gotta do the night work Weekday 9 to 5 shift is over Night work Gotta do the night work Punch that clock and break all the numbers Night work Gotta do the night work Weekday 9 to 5 shift is over And when the whistle blows And your body can't take it no more You gotta keep on movin', remember This is what you asked for Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-night work Na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-night work Night work Gotta do the night work Night work gotta do the night work Weekday 9 to 5 shift is over
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