Dangerous Conjectures - Softcover

Finney, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999800337 ISBN 13: 9780999800331

Publisher: Kdp, 2021

Synopsis

From the award-winning author of Money Matters, an explosive family drama set in the Bay Area during the early months of the pandemic: a suspenseful tale of transgressions, betrayals, and the rise of outrageous conspiracy theories.

Oakland, California, 2020.

Computer scientist Adam cannot understand the widespread appeal of conspiracy theories popularized by the president. He decides to investigate one, QAnon, which turns out to have hidden connections to a White House intent on subverting the upcoming presidential election.

His wife Julia, who works at the ACLU, is terrified by the outbreak of the coronavirus and is drawn to the fake online cures Adam detests. Further threatened by the reappearance of a violent ex-boyfriend, Julia sees her life unraveling and resorts to desperate remedies.

Brian Finney's Dangerous Conjectures is a powerful, gripping exploration of two Americans' inner lives living through a pandemic and a culture overrun with misinformation.

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About the Author

Brian Finney is a writer and Professor Emeritus of Literature at California State University, Long Beach. Educated in England, he obtained a BA from the University of Reading and a PhD from the University of London. After serving three years as an officer in the Royal Air Force, he spent five years in industry as an internal management consultant and production control manager. Between 1964-1987 he taught and arranged extra-mural courses for the University of London. Since immigrating to the US in 1987 he has taught at the University of California, Riverside, University of Southern California, UCLA, and California State University, Long Beach. He is married and lives in Venice, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kdp
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999800337
• ISBN 13: 9780999800331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280