Prisoner's Dilemma

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2010
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FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY
Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humourist and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world and everything that's in it. A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner's Dilemma is a story of the power of invalid experience.
'Richard Powers is the most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today... Sentence after sentence has the razor-sharp quality of aphorism about the weird wired world we have made' Daily Telegraph

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FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY

Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humourist and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world and everything that's in it. A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner's Dilemma is a story of the power of invalid experience.

'Richard Powers is the most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today... Sentence after sentence has the razor-sharp quality of aphorism about the weird wired world we have made' Daily Telegraph

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 1848871414
ISBN 13: 9781848871410
Book Overview: A novel of compassion and and imagination from the virtuosic author of The Echo Maker, Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Powers. Prisoner's Dilemma tells the story of the triumph of the mind over infirmity.

Media Reviews

A complex treatment of time... An absorbing view of history. * New York Times Book Review *
Enough plot twists and conspiracy-making ingredients to satisfy the most demanding aficionado of the genre. * Irish Times *
Fascinating... Powers has a remarkable ability to find metaphors to illustrate the brain processes... terse and heartbreaking. * Los Angeles Times Book Review *
Grand fiction... Prisoner's Dilemma is magnificent. * The Nation *
I love and admire this book... I cannot give an adequate sense of its many marvels... One of the most beautiful and baffling dialogues in recent fiction. * Boston Globe *

Author Bio

Richard Powers is the author of twelve novels, including Orfeo (which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize) and The Overstory (which was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize and won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize). He is the recipient of a MacArthur grant and the National Book Award, and has been a four-time NBCC finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.