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The Tesseract

Alex Garland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Aug '07

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The Tesseract cover

In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster. On the other side of town, Rosa listens for her husband’s car, and thirteen-year-old Vincente is watching for the man who pays money for street-kids’ dreams. Tonight, these disparate lives will violently collide . . .

Astonishing . . . A brilliantly structured, surprisingly compassionate novel, disguised as an exotic, speedy thriller * Mail on Sunday *
Proves defiantly that Garland is far from a one-hit wonder * Time Out *
A powerful narrative drive, exotic locations that unfold like a corrupt and mysterious flower, and a moody intelligence that holds everything together * J.G. Ballard *
Proves defiantly that Garland is far from a one-hit wonder * Time Out *

ISBN: 9780141031781

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 245g

352 pages