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Bibliographic Information
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Gnomon : a novel
First American edition.
- Author
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Harkaway, Nick, 1972-
- Publisher:
- Alfred A. Knopf,
- Pub date:
- [2018]
- Pages:
- 661 pages ;
- ISBN:
- 9781524732080
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult nonfiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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Holdings
381.456 HAR
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1
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Adult Fiction in Hardcover
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Adult nonfiction shelves
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Gnomon : a novel
First American edition.
Harkaway, Nick, 1972-
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Gnomon : a novel
First American edition.
Harkaway, Nick, 1972-
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Personal Author:
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Harkaway, Nick, 1972-
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Title:
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Gnomon : a novel / Nick Harkaway.
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Edition:
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First American edition.
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Physical description:
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661 pages ; 25 cm
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Summary:
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"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.
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Subject term:
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Government investigators--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Government, Resistance to--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Telepathy--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Government, Resistance to--Fiction.