Killing Time is a
dystopian novel by
Caleb Carr set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially
serialized in TIME and later published in 2000 by
Random House.[1] It includes criticisms of the
Information Age (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
Mossad
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
"
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. --
Patrick Henry, 1775