# Gods Without Men

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- Book: [Gods Without Men](https://www.bookquiver.com/hari-kunzru/gods-without-men) ([Gods Without Men.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hari-kunzru/gods-without-men.md))
- Authors: [Hari Kunzru](https://www.bookquiver.com/hari-kunzru)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4196-949-7
- Published: 2011-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

2008. The California desert. A four-year-old autistic boy, Raj Matharu, disappears in the wilderness, plunging his wealthy New York parents into the surreal public hell of a media witch-hunt. But the desert is inexplicable and miraculous, and the Matharus' fate is bound up with that of others: a debauched British rock star, on the run from a failed relationship and the sordid excesses of his life; a former member of an extraterrestrial-worshipping cult, now middle-aged but still haunted by transcendent callings; and a teenage Iraqi refugee, who befriends a young black Marine while playing the role of 'Iraqi villager' in a military simulation exercise. Their lives converge in an odd, remote town, near a rock formation called The Pinnacles -- and among the tangled echoes and stories of all those who have travelled before them through this brutally powerful landscape. A branching and multilayered novel by one of our most acclaimed writers, and a compulsively readable journey into the twists and turns of a handful of human lives, Gods Without Men is a heartfelt exploration of our search for pattern and meaning in a random and chaotic universe.