Spook Country
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Spook Country by William Gibson
The cool and scary(San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller from the author of Pattern Recognition and Neuromancer.spook (spo͞ok) n.: A specter; a ghost. Slang for intelligence agent.
country (ˈkən-trē) n.: In the mind or in reality. The World. The United States of America, New Improved Edition. What lies before you. What lies behind.
spook country (spo͞ok ˈkən-trē) n.: The place where we all have landed, few by choice. The place we are learning to live.
Hollis Henry is a journalist, on investigative assignment for a magazine called Node, which doesn't exist yet. Bobby Chombo apparently does exist, as a producer. But in his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. And Hollis Henry has been told to find him.
A devastatingly precise reflection of the American zeitgeist.--The Washington Post Book World
Gibson, William: -
William Gibson's first novel, Neuromancer, won the Hugo Award, the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the Nebula Award in 1984. He is credited with having coined the term cyberspace, and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His other novels include All Tomorrow's Parties, Idoru, Virtual Light, Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Count Zero. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife and two children.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781410403117 |
| ISBN 10 | 1410403114 |
| Titre | Spook Country |
| Auteur | William Gibson |
| Série | Thorndike Mystery |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Thorndike Press |
| Année de publication | 2008-01-31 |
| Nombre de pages | 571 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |