It is a mysterious city whose sun isswitched on in the morning and switched off at night,bordered by anabyss on one side and an impossibly high wall on the other. Itsinhabitants are people who were plucked from twentieth-century historyat various times and places and left to govern themselves,advised byMentors whose purpose seems inscrutable. This is life in the Experiment.Andrei Voronin,a youngastronomer plucked from Leningrad in the 1950s,is a die-hard believerin the Experiment,even though his first job in the city is as a garbagecollector. As increasinbly nightmarish scenarios begin to affectthe city,he rises through the political hierarchy,with devastatingeffect.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781473222281Number of pages: 480Weight: 330 gDimensions: 197 x 168 x 32 mm
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