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An enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The OverstoryStuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes – social, moral, musical, spiritual – and he falls in love with a member of his research team.Years later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different mystery – why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science?Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.‘A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth’ Sunday Telegraph

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Weight 0.497 kg
Dimensions 3.4 × 13 × 19.7 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

688
Publisher

Year Published

2019-11-7
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1784709727
About The Author

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory and his most recent novel, Bewilderment, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Review Quote

A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth. The plot is as labyrinthine as any by Umberto Eco… Extremely witty… Dip into this book at random and the chances are it will sit up and bite you like a rattlesnake
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The most lavishly ambitious American novel since Gravity's Rainbow… An outright marvel

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