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.
'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.
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About the author
SIMON INGS is a novelist and science writer. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 432 ● ISBN 9780857896469 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Atlantic Books ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2349159 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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