Product Description
The Gold Bug Variations
Author: Richard Powers
Format: Paperback
'A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth' — Sunday Telegraph
'Powers has triumphantly restored ... the philosophical novel' — Observer
'A heroic tour de force' — New York Times
In 1957, brilliant biologist Stuart Ressler sets out to crack the genetic code. Yet his efforts are sidetracked by other, more complex codes - social, moral, musical, and spiritual - as he falls in love with a member of his research team.
Years later, another young man and woman investigate a different mystery: why did the promising Ressler suddenly vanish from the world of science?
Strand by strand, these two love stories intertwine in a double helix of desire in an enthralling tale about new love and the mysteries of science.
About the Author
Richard Powers has published fourteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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