The Weight of Numbers - Couverture souple

Ings, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843544644 ISBN 13 : 9781843544647

Editeur : Atlantic Books, 2006

Synopsis

Winner of the O2 X Award

'Dynamic'-- Daily Telegraph
'Dazzling'-- Guardian
'Ambitious and virtuoso'-- Financial Times
'Unforgettable'-- The Times
'Ingenious... shimmering'-- New Statesman

On July 21, 1969 two astronauts set foot on the moon; far below, in ravaged Mozambique, a young revolutionary - hailed as the saviour of his country - is murdered by a package bomb.

From these two unconnected events, Simon Ings weaves a great and glittering web that entangles four lives: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the beauty of numbers; Saul Cogan, transformed from prankster idealist to trafficker in the poor and dispossessed; and Stacey Chavez, ex-teenage celebrity and mediocre performance artist, hungry for fame and starved of love. All are haunted by Nick Jinks, a man who sows disaster wherever he treads.

As the twentieth century unravels, Burden, Cogan, Chavez and Jinks are powerless to escape the connections that bind them. This is not fate, but its opposite: the weight of numbers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

SIMON INGS is a novelist and science writer. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atlantic Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843544644
• ISBN 13: 9781843544647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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