| 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.
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.
