by Christopher Osborn (Author)
Everybody ages, everybody dies - but not, necessarily, Victor. He's never felt better... Victor, a molecular biologist for more than forty years, is looking back over his life and his glittering career. His private lab, in North London, has been responsible for a number of key breakthroughs in the treatment of autoimmune diseases - particularly Multiple Sclerosis. But now Victor is self-medicating the drug, Telo, that promises to offer a cure for aging with the muted fervour of a high-functioning white-collar junkie. UNBOUND is a meditation on the brevity and beauty of life, a love letter to the arts, a series of open and very timely questions about the nature and future of mortality in the 21st century, and a distinctive literary reboot of the gothic novel. Everybody ages, everybody dies - but not, necessarily, Victor. He's never felt better... Victor, a molecular biologist for more than forty years, is looking back over his life and his glittering career. His private lab, in North London, has been responsible for a number of key breakthroughs in the treatment of autoimmune diseases - particularly Multiple Sclerosis. But now Victor is self-medicating the drug, Telo, that promises to offer a cure for aging with the muted fervour of a high-functioning white-collar junkie. UNBOUND is a meditation on the brevity and beauty of life, a love letter to the arts, a series of open and very timely questions about the nature and future of mortality in the 21st century, and a distinctive literary reboot of the gothic novel.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Published: 14 Sep 2017
ISBN 10: 1911350072
ISBN 13: 9781911350071
Book Overview: Second novel from a highly acclaimed author after a period of 26 years.; The science discussed is, whilst fictional, drawn from real scientific advances regularly discussed on radio.; Planned publicity campaign and author appearances on radio and at festivals to discuss his own writing story and the science he writes about.