''Killing Time'' is a

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Caleb Carr Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American military historian and author. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. He authored ''The Alienist'', ''The Angel of Darkness'', ''The Lessons of Terror'', ''K ...

set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially serialized in ''

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'' and later published in 2000 by

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. It includes criticisms of the

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(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.

Characters

Main characters

*Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the criminal and psychiatrist. *Dov Eshkol: the antagonist, a ruthless, fanatic agent of the Israeli

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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 *Larissa Tressalian: Gideon's lover/ former assassin *Malcom Tressalian: leader of the team/ Larissa's brother

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:

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n warlord and arms dealer

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.'' --

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, 1775 2000 American novels Dystopian novels Techno-thriller novels Novels first published in serial form Novels by Caleb Carr Works originally published in Time (magazine) {{2000s-thriller-novel-stub