Rupert Thomson: How to Make a Bomb, Kartoniert / Broschiert
How to Make a Bomb
- A Novel
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury UK, 03/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781035908554
- Item number:
- 11972588
- Volume:
- 432 Pages
- Weight:
- 306 g
- Format:
- 196 x 129 mm
- Thickness:
- 33 mm
- Release date:
- 6.3.2025
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
If he suddenly found what surrounded him unbearable, it was because it was artificial
Everything had been designed and manufactured, and he was trapped in it
Philip Notman, an acclaimed historian, attends a conference in Bergen, Norway. On his return to London, and to his wife and son, something unexpected and inexplicable happens to him, and he is unable to settle back into his normal life.
Seeking answers, he flies to Cadiz to see Inés, a Spanish academic with whom he shared a connection at the conference, but his journey doesn't end there. A chance encounter with a wealthy, elderly couple sends him to a house on the south coast of Crete. Is he thinking of leaving his wife, whom he claims he still loves, or is he trying to change a reality that has become impossible to bear? Is he on a quest for a simpler and more authentic
existence, or is he utterly self-deluded?
As he tries to make sense of both his personal circumstances and the world surrounding him, he finds himself embarking on a course of action that will push him to the very brink of disaster.
Biography
Rupert Thomson, geboren 1955, studierte in Cambridge Geschichte und Politologie. Nach Jobs als Barmann, Hausmeister und Buchhändler arbeitete er fünf Jahre in verschiedenen Londoner Werbeagenturen. 1987 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman, "Dreams of Leaving". Thomson lebt zur Zeit in London und schreibt an seinem sechsten Roman.