'Doesn't come any more stylish than this'Sunday Telegraph-THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BRIDGE SERIES - READ IDORU AND ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES FOR MORESan Francisco in the nearish future. Ex-cop Berry Rydell's lost one job he didn't much like and landed another he likes even less. Some sunglasses - actually high-end kit infused with super-sensitive data - were stolen from a courier,and a man named Warbaby's been charged with retrieving them. And Warnaby needs Rydell's help.But,with SFPD Homicide involved,an abandoned bridge populated by freaks and misfits,and some weirdness involving the Republic of Desire and a'Death Star',it's turning out to be a very strange and dangerous scene indeed . . .Can Rydell navigate this unsteady reality in time to save the city...and himselfWilliam Gibson,author of the classic Neuromancer and creator of cyberpunk,here turns his hyper-acute imagination on the near future - to supercharged,nerve-shredding effect.NOMINATED FOR BOTH THE HUGO AND THE LOCUS AWARDS-'Audacious,witty and passionate. A wonderful read'Observer'A stunner...a terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination'Entertainment Weekly'Studded with crackling insights into the relationship between technology,culture and morality'Time Out
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241953501Number of pages: 304Weight: 213 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 19 mm
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An American Ballard,using the tropes of science fiction to satirical and productively alienating effectOne of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st centuryA major novelist who seems to be hitting his peak
William Gibson
One of the most creative and consistently acclaimed writers of modern speculative and science fiction and a pioneering proponent of cyberpunk,American-Canadian author William Gibson's novels include Neuromancer,Zero History and The Peripheral. His most recent novel is Agency,published in 2020.
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