I saw somewhere that Nick Harkaway is continuing his dad's work by writing a George Smiley book set in the 1960s.
Does anyone know any info about this?
For what it's worth, here's my personal, subjective, take on TITANIUM NOIR by Nick Harkaway.
The whole Chandleresque SF vibe is exactly my thing. So I'd say great style, great concept (really clever idea, wherein body enhancement/repair involves increasing body size), and I really, really...
During the Second World War a French refugee has been working on a device that will have the potential to elevate mankind to a new level of existence but in the wrong hands it could just destroy the universe as we know it. In the present time Joe Spork, a clockmaker, is induced to complete this...
This was one of the most extraordinary books I’ve read for a while and I’m really not sure if it’s the best I’ve read recently or the worst. Though I’m more inclined to think the former. But how to describe it? Science fiction or fantasy (not magic type fantasy though), martial arts, pre- and...
The Gone-Away World
Nick Harkaway
Knopf, Sep 2008, $24.95
ISBN: 9780307268860
For a rare time the government’s claims re the Go Away Bomb is not obfuscated with the usual disinformation and misinformation. The assertion that the weapon was not of mass destruction just capable of erasing nasty...
Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway
Knopf, Mar 20 2012, $26.95
ISBN: 9780307595959
His father was infamous felon Mathew “Tommy Gun” Spork; his grandfather repaired clocks. Joe Spork admires his dad but fixes antique clocks. His current client, Edie Banister is a gentle elderly woman. When he repairs her...
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