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Томас Куинн - писатель-неудачник, чей первый роман пользовался небольшой популярностью, а второй и вовсе оказался никому не нужен. Счета копятся, фрустрация нарастает, жизнь кажется Куинну серой и унылой, как вдруг он получает голосовое сообщение от своего отца, Стэнли Куинна, который умер семь лет назад. Их отношения были непростыми, так как Стэнли предпочитал общаться не с собственным сыном, а со своим учеником и протеже Эндрю Блэком. Тот выпустил огромный роман-сенсацию, международный бестселлер «Двигатель Купидона», а потом исчез без следа. Вскоре Томас получает письмо и от Блэка с фотографией странной черной сферы, после чего с…

Thomas Quinn is having the strangest autumn … Nine years ago, his mentor Andrew Black wrote a million-copy-selling mystery novel – and then disappeared. Now could it be that Thomas is being stalked by the hero of Black’s book? And that new answerphone message sounds a lot like his own father. His father who has been dead for years. Thomas’s wife Imogen usually has the answers but she’s on the other side of the world. If he can just find Black, perhaps Thomas might start finding some answers … With the same white-knuckle thrills as Hall’s first novel, The Raw Shark Texts, Maxwell’s Demon is a freewheeling investigation into the magic…

When Thomas Quinn receives a seemingly impossible voice message, he can't help but wonder if Andrew Black - a legendary, reclusive mystery writer and his father's protégé - is somehow involved. Thomas knows that Black can't be trusted, that he should be avoided at all costs. But as the search for answers spirals into an examination of the nature of time, entropy, the true forms of angels, fictional stalkers and the secrets of the nativity set . . . Thomas realises that he might not have a choice.

Thomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he's stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people's characters. His wife, Imogen, is working on a remote island halfway around the world, and talking to her over the webcam isn't the same. The bills are piling up, the dirty dishes are stacking in the sink, and the whole world seems to be hurtling toward entropic collapse. Then he gets a voicemail from his father, who has been dead for seven years. Thomas' relationship with Stanley Quinn - a world-famous writer and erstwhile absent father - was always shaky, not least because Stanley always seemed to prefer his…

Томас Куинн — писатель-неудачник, чей первый роман пользовался небольшой популярностью, а второй и вовсе оказался никому не нужен. Счета копятся, фрустрация нарастает, жизнь кажется Куинну серой и унылой, как вдруг он получает голосовое сообщение от своего отца, Стэнли Куинна, который умер семь лет назад. Их отношения были непростыми, так как Стэнли предпочитал общаться не с собственным сыном, а со своим учеником и протеже Эндрю Блэком. Тот выпустил огромный роман-сенсацию, международный бестселлер «Двигатель Купидона», а потом исчез без следа. Вскоре Томас получает письмо и от Блэка с фотографией странной черной сферы, после чего с…

Fourteen years after the monumental publication of the international best seller The Raw Shark Texts, Maxwell's Demon heralds the triumphant return of Granta Best Young British Novelist Steven Hall Thomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he's stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people's characters. His wife, Imogen, is working on a remote island halfway around the world, and talking to her over the webcam isn't the same. The bills are piling up, the dirty dishes are stacking in the sink, and the whole world seems to be hurtling toward entropic collapse. Then he gets a voicemail from his father, who has…

This autumn, life is catching up with struggling novelist Thomas Quinn. Five years ago, his sometimes friend Andrew Black wrote a single, million-copy-selling mystery novel and then disappeared. Now could it be that Quinn is being stalked by the hero of Black's book? His wife, Imogen, usually has the answers, but she's working on the other side of the world, and talking to her on webcam just isn't the same. Quinn finds himself in a world that might well be coming apart at the seams. If he can find Black, he might start finding answers. Maxwell's Demon forges an entirely new blend of mystery - somewhere between detective fiction,…