The Dark Fields
The Dark Fields
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THE DARK FIELDS is a high-concept, highly original thriller, a pharmaceutical Faust that is page-turning and thought-provoking in equal measure.
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The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
Imagine a drug that makes your brain function in a fantastically efficient way, tapping in to your fundamental resources of intelligence and drive. Imagine a drug that could make you read and remember entire books in a matter of hours, or learn a foreign language in a day. Imagine a drug that could make you process information so fast you can see the patterns on the stock market. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug. It's a pill called MDT-48. It's a Viagra for the brain, a designer drug that's redesigning his life. Eddie's not the only one doing MDT, but with his dealer shot dead and Eddie escaping with a large stash, he's the only one with a supply. And while the drug is helping Eddie make the sort of money he's only dreamed about, he's also beginning to suffer its side-effects ...
Alan Glynn's THE DARK FIELDS is that rare thing - a first novel of such great stylistic assurance and narrative energy that you immediately realize you're in the hands of a born storytellerMore tellingly, this dark, corrosive story of designer pharmaceuticals and high finance is a trenchant morality tale for our manic, avaricious times. This is a wild, compulsive ride into the greedy vortex of modern life. It is also an astonishing debut Douglas Kennedy This is fast, clever- and horrifying, in a cheerful sort of way. DAILY TELEGRAPH Glynn understands the thriller format and drives the plot relentlessly forward with verve and panache...A finely written debut, new in paperback, by an Irish writer who will only get stronger. EVENING HERALD
Alan Glynn was born in 1960. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Dublin. He has worked in magazine publishing in the USA and as an EFL teacher in Verona. He is married and lives in Dublin. This is his first novel.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780751530834 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751530832 |
| Title | The Dark Fields |
| Author | Alan Glynn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2004-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA John Creasey Memorial Award 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |