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Quantum physics meets moral dilemma.

"Dark Matter could be a great read for fans of suspense and thought-provoking themes. The book's unique feature is its clever combination of science with human emotions. Readers would appreciate the fast-paced narrative, full of twists and turns, that keeps them hooked till the end."

  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2011)
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ISBN: 9780099524168
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 1770 readers)

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Sebastian and Oskar have been friends since their days studying physics at university, when both were considered future Nobel Prize candidates. But their lives took divergent paths, as did their scientific views. Whenever Oskar comes to visit from his prestigious research post in Geneva, there is tension in the air, and it doesn't help their friendship that he feels Sebastian has not lived up to his intellectual capacities, having chosen marriage and fatherhood as an exit strategy. A few days after a particularly heated argument between the two men, Sebastian leaves his son sleeping in the back seat while he goes into a service station. When he returns, the car has disappeared without trace. His phone rings and a voice informs him that in order to get his son back he must kill a man. As Sebastian's life unravels, the only person he can safely reach out to is Oskar. Then Detective Schilf comes on the scene, with a most unorthodox method of uncovering the truth. With intelligence, wit, precision, and grace, Juli Zeh crafts a philosophical thriller which uses the clash of the ideal and the material worlds, the bending of reality, and the search for a definition of time to explore the ideas of guilt and innocence and the infinite configurations of love.
 

Quantum physics meets moral dilemma.

"Dark Matter could be a great read for fans of suspense and thought-provoking themes. The book's unique feature is its clever combination of science with human emotions. Readers would appreciate the fast-paced narrative, full of twists and turns, that keeps them hooked till the end."

  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.