The coincidence engine: a novel
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“A tremendous novel—droll, savvy, original. An invigorating blast of fiction.”
—William Boyd, Author of Any Human Heart and Restless.”
A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and, in the back country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable. Their fascination with this random event sets into motion a madcap caper that will bring together a hilarious cast of characters, including: an eccentric mathematician, last heard of investigating the physics of free will; a lovelorn Cambridge postgraduate who has set off to America with a ring in his pocket and hope in his heart; and a member of the Directorate with no capacity for imagination. What ensues is a chaotic chase across a fully realized, hyper-real America, haunted by madness, murder, mistaken identity, and conspiracy. The Coincidence Engine is a lively, boisterous debut that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
—William Boyd, Author of Any Human Heart and Restless.”
A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and, in the back country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable. Their fascination with this random event sets into motion a madcap caper that will bring together a hilarious cast of characters, including: an eccentric mathematician, last heard of investigating the physics of free will; a lovelorn Cambridge postgraduate who has set off to America with a ring in his pocket and hope in his heart; and a member of the Directorate with no capacity for imagination. What ensues is a chaotic chase across a fully realized, hyper-real America, haunted by madness, murder, mistaken identity, and conspiracy. The Coincidence Engine is a lively, boisterous debut that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
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Grouping Title | coincidence engine |
Grouping Author | sam leith |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2022-05-24 02:08:34AM |
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publishDate | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Coincidence -- Fiction Humorous fiction Intelligence service -- United States -- Fiction Mathematical instruments -- Fiction Mathematicians -- Fiction Probabilities -- Fiction Science fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The coincidence engine : a novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Coincidence Engine A Novel The coincidence engine : a novel / Sam Leith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The coincidence engine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | a novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Coincidence Fiction Intelligence service Literature Mathematical instruments Mathematicians Probabilities Thriller |