# The Coma

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- Book: [The Coma](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-coma) ([The Coma.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-coma.md))
- Authors: [Alex Garland](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland)
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- ISBN: 978-15-9448-085-0
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2005-07-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When Carl awakens from a coma after being attacked on a subway train, life around him feels unfamiliar, even strange. He arrives at his best friend's house without remembering how he got there; he seems...