Syme Papers by Benjamin Markovits

Syme Papers by Benjamin Markovits

This stunning debut novel follows one man's quest to find the missing link in evolutionary science - through the life of a maverick nineteenth-century inventor. Douglas Pitt is a man obsessed. His quest to prove the genius of Samuel Highgate Syme, inventor and pioneering American geologist, has stalled. Pitt's postulation is simple enough: Syme, through some fault, wrong-doing or mischance, has not been credited for hitting upon the key-discovery of modern geology - the theory of continental drift. Laughed at and dismissed at every turn, Pitt's luck changes when he discovers a contemporary manuscript written by a scientist, Friedrich Muller, which recounts a year (1821) in the company of the irrepressible Syme. Perhaps this will finally reveal his genius . . .

Benjamin Markovits is twenty-nine, and The Syme Papers is his first novel. Originally from Texas, he now lives in London and writes for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.

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ISBN 13	9780571217908
ISBN 10	0571217907
Title	Syme Papers
Author	Benjamin Markovits
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2004-02-19
Number of pages	512
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