Gnomon : a novel / Nick Harkaway.
"From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, a virtuosic new novel and his most ambitious book yet--equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle--set in a not-too-distant-future, high-tech surveillance state. In the world of Gnomon, citizens are ceaselessly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of "transparency." When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody during a routine interrogation, Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to the case. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, she finds a panorama of characters and events that Hunter gave life to in order to forestall the investigation: a lovelorn financier in Athens who has a mystical experience with a shark; a brilliant alchemist in ancient Carthage confronting the unexpected outcome of her invention; an expat Ethiopian painter in London designing a controversial new video game. In the static between these mysterious visions, Neith begins to catch glimpses of the real Diana Hunter--and, alarmingly, of herself, the staggering consequences of which will reverberate throughout the world. Gnomon is a dazzling, panoramic achievement from one of the most original voices in contemporary fiction"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524732080
- ISBN: 1524732087
- Physical Description: 661 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 950L Lexile |
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Subject: | Government investigators > Fiction. Government, Resistance to > Fiction. Telepathy > Fiction. |
Genre: | Black humor. Science fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Dystopias. Dystopian fiction. |
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Scenic Regional.
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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