Pattern recognition

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This novel is set in London, where Cayce Pollard finds herself on a quest for a shadowy auteur, responsible for some mysterious, if fragmentary, film footage.

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‘Part-detective story, part-cultural snapshot . . . all bound by Gibson’s pin-sharp prose’ Arena

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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY – READ ZERO HISTORY AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORE

Cayce Pollard has a new job. She’s been offered a special project: track down the makers of an addictive online film that’s lighting up the internet. Hunting the source will take her to Tokyo and Moscow and put her in the sights of Japanese hackers and Russian Mafia. She’s up against those who want to control the film, to own it – who figure breaking the law is just another business strategy.

The kind of people who relish turning the hunter into the hunted . . .

A gripping spy thriller by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer. Part prophesy, part satire, Pattern Recognition skewers the absurdity of modern life with the lightest and most engaging of touches. Readers of Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury and Iain M. Banks won’t be able to put this book down.

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‘Fast, witty and cleverly politicized’ Guardian

‘A big novel, full of bold ideas . . . races along like an expert thriller’ GQ

‘Dangerously hip. Its dialogue and characterization will amaze you. A wonderfully detailed, reckless journey of espionage and lies’
USA Today

‘A compelling, humane story with a sympathetic heroine searching for meaning and consolation in a post-everything world’ Daily Telegraph

Electric, profound. Gibson’s descriptions of Tokyo, Russia and London are surreally spot-on’ Financial Times

Additional information

Weight 0.255 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.2 cm
Book_author

Gibson, William

Publisher

Penguin Books

Imprint

Penguin Books

Cover

Paperback

Pages

356

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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