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Beschreibung
When Steven Grlscz saves a young woman from throwing herself in front of a train he finds himself consumed by a love affair which transforms her from a suicidal angry anorexic into a happy and beautiful young woman. Then she vanishes without trace.

Across the Thames on the morning George Winnicott former head of the Anti-Terrorist Squad is to begin his new job in charge of the City of London's most powerful anti-fraud body he wakes from a nightmare screaming that he knows the meaning of life. Later that day a huge bomb explodes in the centre of London.

How are these events linked? What connects modern economics a new take on the vampire concept parachuting pornography the Leaning Tower of Pisa financial fraud terrorism aliens artificial intelligence the meaning of life and the hardest crossword clue in the world?

13 years in the writing this is a novel that engages with the way the modern world works - and in admitting that contemporary life is complex impenetrable and often terrifying it also asserts that there are ways to see the patterns emerging from the chaos.
When Steven Grlscz saves a young woman from throwing herself in front of a train he finds himself consumed by a love affair which transforms her from a suicidal angry anorexic into a happy and beautiful young woman. Then she vanishes without trace.

Across the Thames on the morning George Winnicott former head of the Anti-Terrorist Squad is to begin his new job in charge of the City of London's most powerful anti-fraud body he wakes from a nightmare screaming that he knows the meaning of life. Later that day a huge bomb explodes in the centre of London.

How are these events linked? What connects modern economics a new take on the vampire concept parachuting pornography the Leaning Tower of Pisa financial fraud terrorism aliens artificial intelligence the meaning of life and the hardest crossword clue in the world?

13 years in the writing this is a novel that engages with the way the modern world works - and in admitting that contemporary life is complex impenetrable and often terrifying it also asserts that there are ways to see the patterns emerging from the chaos.
Über den Autor
Paul Hoffman
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780552770828
ISBN-10: 0552770825
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hoffman, Paul
Hersteller: Black Swan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 127 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Hoffman
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.06.2007
Gewicht: 0,708 kg
Artikel-ID: 134471521

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