When an Arab student turns up drunk - and dead - in the lake, redneck Deputy County Sheriff Clyde Banks gets a feeling he's on to something big.
Witziger und satirischer Roman über den ersten Irakkrieg von Neal Stephenson, Autor des Baroque Cycle, und Frederick George.
The Gulf War is imminent and there's something mighty strange going on in the Agriculture Department of East Iowa University. When an Arab student turns up drunk - and dead - in the lake, redneck Deputy County Sheriff Clyde Banks gets a feeling he's on to something big. It's a suspicion shared by low-ranking CIA agent Betsy Vandeventer.
But before two great minds yell conspiracy theory, in steps top US policy-maker James Millikan.
Here's a man well used to dictating the Middle East's future - from a comfortable seat at a top Paris restaurant. While shenanigans in the Midwest might not be exactly his style, there's a technique that serves America well in all matters of national security. It's called the 'Cobweb', and it backfires every time...
Praise for Neal Stephenson:
I have seldom felt such humble, intoxicated, euphoric and droolingly grateful awe as before Neal Stephenson's ... Baroque Cycle
Christopher Brookmyre, Glasgow Herald
Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of
Reamde,
Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (
Quicksilver,
The Confusion, and
The System of the World);
Cryptonomicon;
The Diamond Age;
Snow Crash, which was named one of
Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and
Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Über den Autor
Neal Stephenson is the author of The Baroque Trilogy (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System Of The World). His other books include Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Zodiac, as well as Cobweb and Interface, written in collaboration with Frederick George. He lives in Seattle.
Klappentext
When an Arab student turns up drunk - and dead - in the lake, redneck Deputy County Sheriff Clyde Banks gets a feeling he's on to something big.
