Gnomon Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Nick Harkaway
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
54

Gnomon by Nick Harkaway Book Summary

From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, comes a virtuosic new novel set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state, that is equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle. 

"A Pynchonesque mega-novel that periodically calls to mind the films of Inception and The Matrix…. What a ride!" —The Washington Post

In the world of Gnomon, 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 its citizens' thoughts and memories—all in the name of providing the safest society in history.

When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. The System doesn't make mistakes, but something isn't right about the circumstances surrounding Hunter's death. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector and a true believer in the System, 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: a lovelorn financier in Athens who has a mystical experience with a shark; a brilliant alchemist in ancient Carthage confronting the unexpected outcome of her invention; an expat Ethiopian painter in London designing a controversial new video game, and a sociopathic disembodied intelligence from the distant future.

Embedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. In the static between these stories, Neith begins to catch glimpses of the real Diana Hunter—and, alarmingly, of herself. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world.

A dazzling, panoramic achievement, and Nick Harkaway's most brilliant work to date, Gnomon is peerless and profound, captivating and irreverent, as it pierces through strata of reality and consciousness, and illuminates how to set a mind free. It is a truly accomplished novel from a mind possessing a matchless wit infused with a deep humanity.

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Book Name Gnomon
Genre Fiction & Literature
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 3.28 MB

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Gnomon. Amazing. Mind bending. At one level a cautionary tale of invasive and controlling technology but at another a very literary puzzle and mind trip.

Continuity is overrated. For the reviewer who gave it one star and said it lacked continuity, I say he just didn’t try. This book is not simple, and it’s not easily digested on a summery beach, and at times it’s hard to understand what the heck is happening. At the same time it’s fascinating and engrossing and hard to put down, like few things I’ve read recently. Take it on with a willingness to challenge yourself and push through, and you will be rewarded with an intriguing, thought provoking and yes, very entertaining read.

Gnomon. Couldn’t finish it. Lacks continuity. I do NOT recommend it.

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Summary of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway

The Gnomon book written by Nick Harkaway was published on 09 January 2018, Tuesday in the Fiction & Literature category. A total of 54 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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