The Dark Fields

The Dark Fields

by Alan Glynn (Author)

Synopsis

Imagine a drug that makes your brain function in a fantastically efficient way, tapping in to your fundamental resources of intelligence and drive. Imagine a drug that could make you read and remember entire books in a matter of hours, or learn a foreign language in a day. Imagine a drug that could make you process information so fast you can see the patterns on the stock market. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug. It's a pill called MDT-48. It's a Viagra for the brain, a designer drug that's redesigning his life. Eddie's not the only one doing MDT, but with his dealer shot dead and Eddie escaping with a large stash, he's the only one with a supply. And while the drug is helping Eddie make the sort of money he's only dreamed about, he's also beginning to suffer its side-effects ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 15 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 0751530832
ISBN 13: 9780751530834
Book Overview: * Consumer competition to win a holiday for 2 to New York - all copies stickered with details * Irish advertising campaign * Review coverage * Submitted for trade promotions * Reading copies available

Media Reviews
Alan Glynn's THE DARK FIELDS is that rare thing - a first novel of such great stylistic assurance and narrative energy that you immediately realize you're in the hands of a born storyteller. More tellingly, this dark, corrosive story of designer pharmaceuticals and high finance is a trenchant morality tale for our manic, avaricious times. This is a wild, compulsive ride into the greedy vortex of modern life. It is also an astonishing debut Douglas Kennedy This is fast, clever- and horrifying, in a cheerful sort of way. DAILY TELEGRAPH Glynn understands the thriller format and drives the plot relentlessly forward with verve and panache...A finely written debut, new in paperback, by an Irish writer who will only get stronger. EVENING HERALD
Author Bio
Alan Glynn was born in 1960. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Dublin. He has worked in magazine publishing in the USA and as an EFL teacher in Verona. He is married and lives in Dublin. This is his first novel.