The Fear Index by Robert Harris

The Fear Index by Robert Harris

Dr Alex Hoffman is a legend. An American physicist once employed on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, he now uses a revolutionary and highly secret system of computer algorithms to trade on the world's financial markets. None of his rivals is sure how he does it, but somehow Hoffman's hedge fund - built around the standard measure of market volatility: the VIX or 'Fear Index' - generates astonishing returns for his investors. Then, late one night, in his house beside Lake Geneva, an intruder disturbs Hoffman and his wife while they are asleep. This terrifying moment is the start of Robert Harris's new novel - a story just as compelling and timely as his most recent contemporary thriller, The Ghost. Set entirely over the course of a single day, The Fear Index follows Hoffman's quest to find out who is trying to destroy him, even as the world's financial markets head for collapse.

Robert Harris is the author of fourteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep and V2. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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ISBN 13	9780091936976
ISBN 10	0091936977
Title	The Fear Index
Author	Robert Harris
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2011-09-29
Number of pages	336
Prizes	Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in association with ibookstore 2011
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