Leviathan (Auster novel) building accidentally went off. According to the forensic reports that have just been published, the man was killed instantly. His body burst into dozens of small pieces, and fragments of his corpse were found as far as fifty feet away from the site of the explosion. —"Leviathan" Through his own investigations, the narrator attempts to answer questions as to who the man was who blew himself up, why he was found with a homemade bomb, and what circumstances brought him to a violent end. "Leviathan" is borrowed from the biblical sea monster that Thomas Hobbes used as a metaphor for
Leviathan in popular culture have a track named "Into the Mouth of the Leviathan" American musician Josh Ritter references Leviathan in the second verse of his song "Change of Time". American black metal band Order of Leviathan was formed in 2012. Rock band Icarus The Owl have an album named "Love Always, Leviathan" with a track on the album of the same name. Solo artist black metal band Leviathan from San Francisco - founded and fronted by Jef Whitehead. Swedish electronic band Covenant has a track named Leviathan on their album "Europa" (1998). In the television series, "Farscape" (1999-2003), Leviathans are sentient spaceships, with