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Book SynopsisWords are weapons, and one man is immune, in this dazzlingly original thriller from the author of Jennifer Government.
Trade ReviewBrilliantly realised... strikingly relevant... a resounding success * SFX *
Highly entertaining and engrossing... characters that are both complicated and likeable * SciFi Now *
Gripping... a pitch-perfect thriller, a jetpack of a plot that rocketed me from page one to page 400 in a single afternoon -- Cory Doctorow * BoingBoing *
Truly original... a crack-paced thriller... smart and tons of fun * Australian *
Barry's smartest dystopia yet * io9.com *
Sophisticated and laden with subtext... clearly reaffirms Barry's status as a gifted purveyor of suspense * Time Out New York *
Best thing I've read in a long, long time... a masterpiece -- Hugh Howey, bestselling author of
WoolWonderfully crafted, dark yet humourous, fast-paced and tragic in turn * National *
An extraordinarily fast, funny, cerebral thriller -- Lev Grossman * Time *
Delightfully high-concept...think Noam Chomsky meets Christopher Nolan * Vogue *
Insanely good. Dark and twisted and sweet and humane all at once. -- Lauren Beukes, author of
The Shining Girls and
Zoo CityDazzling and spectacularly inventive. A novel that jams itself sideways into your brain and stays there. -- Mike Carey, author of
The Devil You Know A spellbinding, intelligent read...a freewheeling plot intermeshed with linguistic theory and some genuinely creepy horror set-pieces * Guardian *
