Winter 2011–2012

Colors / Blue

A partial genealogy

Tom McCarthy

“Colors” is a column in which a writer responds to a specific color assigned by the editors of Cabinet.


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Tom McCarthy is a novelist who lives in London. His books include Remainder (Vintage, 2007), C (Knopf, 2010), and Tintin and the Secret of Literature (Counterpoint, 2008). He is also founder and general secretary of the International Necronautical Society.

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