Description
In a city where words come to life and reality is infected by stories, private eye John Nyquist wakes up in a room with a dead body... The dead man's impossible whispers plunge him into a murder investigation like no other. Clues point him deeper into an unfolding story infesting its participants as reality blurs between place and genre. Only one man can hope to put it all together, enough that lives can be saved... That man is Nyquist, and he is lost. File Under: Science Fiction [ Murder He Wrote | Festival of Words | Stranger In Fiction | Odin's Horse ]
About the Author
JEFF NOON is an award-winning British novelist, short story writer and playwright. He won the Arthur C Clarke Award for Vurt, the John W Campbell award for Best New Writer, a Tinniswood Award for innovation in radio drama and the Mobil prize for playwriting. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His previous book, The Body Library, was nominated for the Philip K Dick Award.
Reviews
"This superb novel of light, glass and blood proves again that Jeff Noon is one of our few true visionaries."
"It's a heady psychedelic mix, packed with literary allusions, which brilliantly explores notions of self-identity, personal awareness and how we fit into our own stories."
"A heady, clever, immersive read."
Book Information
ISBN 9780857666734
Author Jeff Noon
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Angry Robot
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Series Nyquist Mysteries
About the Author
JEFF NOON is an award-winning British novelist, short story writer and playwright. He won the Arthur C Clarke Award for Vurt, the John W Campbell award for Best New Writer, a Tinniswood Award for innovation in radio drama and the Mobil prize for playwriting. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His previous book, The Body Library, was nominated for the Philip K Dick Award.
Reviews
"This superb novel of light, glass and blood proves again that Jeff Noon is one of our few true visionaries."
"It's a heady psychedelic mix, packed with literary allusions, which brilliantly explores notions of self-identity, personal awareness and how we fit into our own stories."
"A heady, clever, immersive read."
Book Information
ISBN 9780857666734
Author Jeff Noon
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Angry Robot
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Series Nyquist Mysteries
