The Weight of Numbers
Simon Ings
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Description for The Weight of Numbers
Paperback. Describes the metamorphosis of three people: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the secular beauty of numbers; soap actress Stacey Chavez, whose teenage celebrity has faded, leaving her hungry for fame and starved of love; and Saul Cogan, transformed from 60s prankster to murderous people trafficker. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy with some light shelfwear
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843544647
SKU
KST0022090
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Simon Ings
Simon Ings is a novelist (Dead Water, 2011) and science writer (The Eye, 2007). He lives in South London.
Reviews for The Weight of Numbers
A deceptively readable, dizzyingly constructed novel... Ing's mad, mad world is held together to the very last page by humour, vivid depictions and a deeply compelling emotional core
Publishers Weekly STARRED review
One of the most exciting - and relevant - books of the last year. Booker material, for sure.
Arena
Ings weaves an ingenious, shimmering ... Read more
Publishers Weekly STARRED review
One of the most exciting - and relevant - books of the last year. Booker material, for sure.
Arena
Ings weaves an ingenious, shimmering ... Read more