Ludicrously complicated it may be, but it’s also wonderfully good.' (Harry Ritchie Sunday Times) The writing, too, is rarely anything other than impressive. Densely texted pages of ideas, references and similes fizz and sparkle and burst into life in a fireworks display that keeps going. There’s a lot of explanation in this book, but then there’s a lot of everything going on in it. The son of John le Carré, he is very much his own author. 'One of the most remarkable things about the remarkable Nick Harkaway is the irrelevance of his literary heritage. An enormous, shaggy, infuriating, amazing and quite unforgettable piece of fiction, it’s the kind of thing only science fiction can do.' (Adam Roberts Guardian, Science-Fiction Books of the Year) This story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity reads as if 11 novels have been crowded into a matter-transporter pod, emerging on the other side weirdly melded.

'Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. This book seriously just destroyed me with joy.' (Warren Ellis)

He’s never written a bad book, but this is the one that’ll see him mentioned in the same breath as William Gibson and David Mitchell. It is an astonishing piece of construction, complex and witty. It is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exhilarating read.' (Emily St. ' Gnomon is an extraordinary novel, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isn't Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunter's psyche.Įmbedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to find out what went wrong. When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. Near-future Britain is a state in which citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of 'transparency.' Every action is seen, every word is recorded and the System has access to thoughts and memories. An amazing and quite unforgettable piece of fiction.' Guardian story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity. 'Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. It is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exhilarating read.' Emily St. ' Gnomon is an extraordinary novel, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it.

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