{"product_id":"9781786090096","title":"Gnomon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Nick Harkaway\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 July 2018 by Cornerstone (Windmill Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 704 pages\u003cbr\u003e193 x 126 x 44mm | 488g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Gnomon is an extraordinary novel, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it. It is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exhilarating read.' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven'Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. [A] story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity ... An amazing and quite unforgettable piece of fiction.' Guardian'Harkaway dazzles.' Daily Mail'Wonderfully good.' Sunday TimesNear-future Britain is a state in which citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of 'transparency.' Every action is seen, every word is recorded and the System has access to thoughts and memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to find out what went wrong. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isn't Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunter's psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Harkaway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838071746909,"sku":"9781786090096","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781786090096.jpg?v=1780054197","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781786090096","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}