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'' * * *'' is Michael Brodsky's fifth novel. The title consists of precisely three asterisks, as mentioned on the book's copyright page as part of its Library of Congress cataloguing information. The book centers on Stu Potts, working for Dov Grey, captain of industry, creating * * *s out of raws. No underlying meanings for " * * *", nor for "raw", both of which occur frequently in the text, are directly suggested.〔The book itself ''is'' a * * *. Brodsky is aware of self-reference, using Gödel's name in the text at one point.〕 Readers are left to struggle on their own. One reviewer〔in ''Publishers Weekly'', 1994.〕 suggested " * * * seem to be (depending on the passage and on the mood of the reader) archetypal widgets, phenotypes or, occasionally, art." * * * == How to pronounce '' * * *'' == Before the novel was published, the strangeness of the title attracted attention. Brodsky was quoted in a brief note in the New York Times: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「*** (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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