The Weight of Numbers

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book The Weight of Numbers by Simon Ings, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Author: Simon Ings ISBN: 9781555848576
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Publication: December 1, 2007
Imprint: Grove Press, Black Cat Language: English
Author: Simon Ings
ISBN: 9781555848576
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication: December 1, 2007
Imprint: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
The Weight of Numbers describes the metamorphosis of three people: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the beauty of numbers; Saul Cogan, transformed from prankster idealist to trafficker in the poor and dispossessed; and Stacey Chavez, ex-teenage celebrity and mediocre performance artist, hungry for fame and starved of love. All are haunted by Nick Jinks, a malevolent curse of a man who seems to be everywhere at once. As a grid of connections emerge between a dusty philosophical society in London and an African revolution, between international container shipping and celebrity-hosted exposés on the problems of the Third World-this novel sends the specters of the Baby Boom’s liberal revolutions floating into the unreal estate of globalization and media overload-with a deadly payoff.
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The Weight of Numbers describes the metamorphosis of three people: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the beauty of numbers; Saul Cogan, transformed from prankster idealist to trafficker in the poor and dispossessed; and Stacey Chavez, ex-teenage celebrity and mediocre performance artist, hungry for fame and starved of love. All are haunted by Nick Jinks, a malevolent curse of a man who seems to be everywhere at once. As a grid of connections emerge between a dusty philosophical society in London and an African revolution, between international container shipping and celebrity-hosted exposés on the problems of the Third World-this novel sends the specters of the Baby Boom’s liberal revolutions floating into the unreal estate of globalization and media overload-with a deadly payoff.

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