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The story of the man who made the 20th Century and left nothing for himself... In The Invention of Everything Else, Samantha Hunt fictionalises the story of the Serbian-born scientist Nikola Tesla, inventor of radio and creator of AC electricity, a notoriously marginalised genius whose wild eccentricities, including obsessive-compulsive disorder and germ-phobia, have made him a counter-culture icon, but who faded into obscurity in his final years and died in poverty, suspected of anti-American sentiment. His carelessness about protecting his ideas through patents meant that he was eclipsed in reputation by Thomas Edison and Marconi, both of whom built fortunes by stealing Tesla's ideas. The Invention of Everything Else revolves around the twin poles of the inventor, and Louisa, a highly sensitive and imaginative young woman who encounters Tesla at the end of his life. It is also a novel about a father and a daughter, a love story, a New York story, and a literary mystery. In this meticulously researched and biographically accurate novel, Samantha Hunt weaves these elements into a narrative that is buoyant, engaging, and triumphant. The Invention of Everything Else is a beautiful, moving, and thrilling exploration of human loneliness and isolation and the opposing power of emotional and scientific imagination.

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Revolves around the twin poles of the inventor, Nikola Tesla and Louisa, a highly sensitive and imaginative young woman who encounters Tesla at the end of his life. It is also a novel about a father and a daughter, offering an exploration of human loneliness and isolation, and the opposing power of emotional and scientific imagination.
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'Samantha Hunt's fantasy comes closer than any biography to solving the riddle of Tesla's commercial and personal failings ...'
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'a great read for the summer holidays'
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'historical anecdote unites with rich imaginative discourse to create a dazzling tale set against a gritty mid-century New York City'
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'this is a literary novel that deserves a wide readership...a real talent to watch'
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`Weird and wonderful debut novel' -- Red

`an ambitious conflation of fact and fiction', -- Literary Review, Martyn Bedford

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  • PublisherHarvill Secker
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 1846551927
  • ISBN 13 9781846551925
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages368
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