Synopsis
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'We
have no future
because our
present is too
volatile ... We
have only risk
management.
The spinning of
the given moment's
scenarios.
Pattern
recognition ....'
Cayce Pollard
owes her living to
her pathological
sensitivity to
logos. In
London to consult
for the world's
coolest ad agency,
she finds herself
catapulted, via
her addiction to a
mysterious body of
film footage
uploaded to the
web in cryptic
fragments, into a
global quest for
its shadowy
auteur.
Jetting between
London, New York,
Tokyo and Moscow,
Cayce becomes
involved with an
eccentric hacker,
a vengeful ad
executive, a Tokyo
otaku-coven and a
defrocked NSA
mathematician.
But the closer she
gets to the
elusive 'Garage
Kubrick', the less
cool her quest
appears. The
world is moving in
dangerous new
directions.
And Cayce, wearied
by flight fear and
mirror-world
angst, finds
herself alone,
with too many
unanswered
questions.
Who is
downloading
pornography on her
computer?
Why is she being
followed?
Can her partner,
the charismatic
Boone Chu, be
trusted?
What is the true
value of the
footage? And
will her discovery
of the most
brilliant
marketing ploy of
this very new
century lead Cayce
any closer to
finding her
father, former
Cold War security
expert Win
Pollard: a man so
thoroughly and
quietly missing
that it might be
impossible to
prove him dead? |
Review
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One
of the most
influential
writers of the
past twenty years,
William Gibson
turns his
attention to
contemporary
London and New
York, to
international
paranoia, and the
ubiquity of modern
branding - with
dazzling results.
'With more
insight, wit and
sheer style than
any of his
contemporaries,
William Gibson
continues to
patrol the
nebulous zones
that separate
science fiction,
contemporary
thrillers and
genuine
literature'
Independent |
