Author:William Gibson
'Among our most fascinating novelists ... unmissable' Daily Telegraph
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THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ PATTERN RECOGNITION AND ZERO HISTORY FOR MORE
In New York, a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed, however, in these early days of the War on Terror, and Tito's movements are being tracked. Meanwhile, in LA, journalist Hollis Henry is on the trail of Bobby Chombo, who appears to know too much about military systems for his own good. With Bobby missing and the trail cold, Hollis digs deeper and is drawn into the final moves of a chilling game . . .
A gripping spy thriller by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer.Part prophesy, part satire, Spook Country skewers the absurdity of modern life with the lightest and most engaging of touches. Readers of Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury and Iain M. Banks won't be able to put this book down.
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'A cool, sophisticated thriller' Financial Times
'Superb, brilliant. A compulsive and deeply intelligent literary thriller' New Statesman
'A neat, up-to-the-minute spy thriller' Metro
British crime fiction's most impressive series of the last decade
—— Time OutCharlie Resnick is one of the most fully realised characters in modern crime fiction; complex and capable, a man who not only loves justice, jazz and cats, but one who can turn the construction of a sandwich into a work of art
—— Sue GraftonThe seventh Inspector Sejer novel from Norway's leading female crime writer is, like its predecessors, a gem
—— Laura Wilson , GuardianThis is a battle of wits, conducted with chilly intensity and an unsettling sense of menace
—— Joan Smith , Sunday TimesFew match her ability to conjure an atmosphere of emotional as well as geographical desolation
—— Marcel Berlins , The TimesTautly told in a crisp translation of the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund, the story is a riveting exploration of the consequences of crime, a whydunnit rather than the traditional whodunnit
—— Declan Burke , Irish TimesA brooding study of how one thoughtless action can have catastrophic consequences
—— Metro ScotlandFossum never forgets that her primary duty is to entertain, and she keeps her cut-to-the-bone mystery moving briskly
—— Barry Forshaw , Sunday TribuneNorwegian writer Karin Fossum has been turning out a steady and impressive body of work since long before Steig Larsson first put pen to paper...This is a first-rate psychological thriller, one of Fossum's best books to date.
—— The Review