Dark Matter - Softcover

Zeh, Juli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099524163 ISBN 13: 9780099524168

Publisher: Vintage, 2011

Synopsis

Sebastian and Oskar have been friends since their days studying physics at university, when both were considered future Nobel Prize candidates. But after their graduation, their lives took very different paths; while Oskar holds a prestigious research post in Geneva, Sebastian worries that he hasn't lived up to his intellectual promise, having chosen marriage and fatherhood as an exit strategy.

A few days after a particularly heated argument between the two men, Sebastian leaves his son sleeping in the back seat while he goes into a service station. When he returns, the car has disappeared without trace. His phone rings and a voice informs him that in order to get his son back he must kill a man. As Sebastian's life unravels, the only person he can safely reach out to is Oskar...

About this title

Review:

"A compelling novel, thrilling yet profound...This book makes for a wonderful read, gripping until the last page. A masterpiece!" (Financial Times Deutschland)

"A thrilling read as well as a terrific mental workout" (Laura Wilson Guardian)

"An intelligent an beautifully crafted existential thriller ... Zeh's lyricism and intellect lend the book a depth often lacking in mainstream thrillers" (Big Issue)

"A clever and truly entertaining read" (The Independent)

"Zeh constructs an impressive matrix of information for each of her key players and provides descriptions that are vivid and original ... Her often unexpected imagery is precise and pithy ... this philosophical thriller is well paced; one turns the pages impatient for the denouement" (Times Literary Supplement)

Book Description:

A startling philosophical thriller from an immensely gifted young star of European fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099524163
• ISBN 13: 9780099524168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336