Popco by Scarlett Thomas
PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, math, and the sense her grandparents gave her that she could change the world.Alice-slight introvert, crossword compositor- works at PopCo, a globally successful and slightly sinister toy company. Lured by their CEO to a Thought Camp out on the moors, PopCo's creatives must invent the ultimate product for teenage girls. Meanwhile, Alice receives bizarre, encrypted messages she suspects relate to her grandfather's decoding of a centuries-old manuscript that many-including her long-disappeared father-believe leads to buried treasure. Its key, she's sure, is engraved on the necklace she's been wearing since she was ten. Using the skills she learned from her grandparents and teaching us aspects of cryptanalysis, Alice discovers the source of these creepy codes. Will this lead her to the mysterious treasure or another, even more carefully guarded secret?
Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. She is the author of the novels BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, GOING OUT, POPCO, and THE END OF MR. Y. Scarlett writes regularly for the Independent on Sunday and Scotland on Sunday, and has also contributed stories and articles to Butterfly Magazine, Black Book, Zembla, The Scotsman, The Guardian and BBC Radio 4. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies including 'All Hail the New Puritans' and 'Big Night Out'. In 2001 she was included in the Independent on Sunday's list of the UK's 20 best young writers, and in 2002 she won an Elle Style Award for the novel GOING OUT. She currently lives in Kent and is working on a new novel, a film script and a PhD. She enjoys cricket, playing the guitar, recreational mathematics, malfunctioning 60s architecture and artistic manifestoes of any sort.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156031370 |
| ISBN 10 | 015603137X |
| Title | Popco |
| Author | Scarlett Thomas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2005-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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