Lawrence Miller – författare

In this study of "Molloy", "Malone Dies" and "The Unnamable", Lawrence Miller traces Beckett's attempt to voice the expressive dilemma that is posed by the assumptions of modernist art and art criticism. A preliminary examination of Beckett's critical writings on literature and painting reveals a growing suspicion of modernist ambitions; it is the trilogy of novels, however, which represents Beckett's most sustained rejection of the "feasible" aspirations of an expressive theory of art. Still, the goal of expression cannot be abandoned since it represents the essence of the human condition; the compulsion inevitably triumphs over the longing to end.

A top-rated television journalist unearths a common thread among several "e;accidental"e; deaths of key international finance ministers. Just as the journalist plans to expose Abaddon, the mysterious figurehead behind a wide-ranging conspiracy to plunge the world into a new Dark Age, he dies.Adam Dekker, Special Projects Director for the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), responds to a mysterious letter from the journalist, setting an intriguing puzzle he cannot ignore. So begins the story of a massive global search for the secret of Abaddon.Dekker follows a complex trail of bodies and clues, using a mixture of cunning insight and Army Ranger skills in an effort to stop the impending global calamity the journalist predicted. Abaddon's greed for ultimate worldwide power—amazingly planned centuries ago—coincides with the solstice, December 21, the day the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world as we know it.While tracking down Abaddon, Dekker is thrown into a world of mysticism and supernatural conflict as he follows the trail leading from New York to Scotland, Iceland, and finally Germany. The showdown comes in Abaddon's secret lair deep in the Black Forest of Germany where time—and civilization hang in the balance.Abaddon Resurrection is a Sherlock Holmes meets The Lord of the Rings adventure appealing to a wide audience, both male and female.