The Babel Effect by Daniel Hecht
A stunning post-millennial thriller from the author of PUPPETS. Genius husband-and-wife team Ryan and Jessamine McCloud are founders of Genesis, an unorthodox problem-solving think tank. Commissioned by a billionaire corporate chief to study the causes of the rising tide of global violence and social unrest, they begin to fear that a kind of disease is behind it all. They christen this the Babel Effect. Could there be a biomedical explanation for a kind of global insanity? Or is something else at the root of the problem? The investigation is brutally interrupted when Jessamine is kidnapped, and in the face of opposition from sinister and powerful organisations, Ryan McCloud grows increasingly desperate to find a way of halting the contagion of the Babel Effect, before it's too late for his family - before it's too late for mankind.
"* 'Keeps the reader guessing till the very end' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * 'Both a literary feat and a supremem thriller' AMAZONCOM * 'Daniel Hecht has created something quite original: the neuropathological Gothic' Jonathan Kellerman * 'Frighteningly plausible... well-written and gripping to the final page' IRISH NEWS * 'Powerful and perceptive, compelling and fascinating, it's a must' BIG ISSUE
Before becoming a writer, Daniel Hecht spent twenty years as a guitarist, a musical career that included albums on Windham Hill Records, concerts at Carnegie Hall, and international performance tours. He now lives in Vermont.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743449540 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743449541 |
| Title | The Babel Effect |
| Author | Daniel Hecht |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2002-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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