Gnomon harkaway5/13/2023 The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isnt Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunters psyche.Įmbedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to find out what went wrong. When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. Every action is seen, every word is recorded and the System has access to thoughts and memories. Near-future Britain is a state in which citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of transparency. He is possessed of two explosively exciting eyebrows, which exert an almost hypnotic attraction over small children, dogs, and - thankfully - one ludicrously attractive human rights lawyer, to whom he is married. An amazing and quite unforgettable piece of fiction. Nick Harkaway was born in Cornwall, UK in 1972. story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity. Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. While I haven’t read Nick Harkaway’s previous novels, Gnomon is a bright and extraordinary example of this sort of work. It is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exhilarating read. Gnomon is an extraordinary novel, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it.
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