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. 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. A Best Science Fiction Book of 2017 - The Guardian From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, comes a virtuosic new novel set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state, that is equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle. 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. Gnomon: A Novel - Nick Harkaway - Google Books. To be fair to the author, some of that is by intent - if a major theme of your text is information overload, then it makes some sense to overload the reader with a bunch of indecipherable-and irrelevant-information.

“'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. The trouble, of course, is that its actually about 560 pages long.

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