![]() ![]() The constant diversions through time, space and philosophy mean Harkaway treads an incredibly fine line between being enjoyably bewildering and maddeningly, deliberately convoluted. ![]() What Neith finds is four other stories inside Hunter’s head – one historical, one frankly ridiculous, one fantastical and one of a superhuman returning from the end of time to kill everyone else. ![]() Which is where the lengthy and layered Gnomon immediately becomes a curate’s egg. ButThere are dissenters and when one, Diana Hunter, mysteriously dies in custody after having her mind read, Inspector Mielikki Neith must unravel what was downloaded to crack the case. T here is an intriguing, if familiar, idea in Nick Harkaway’s fourth novel – it’s the near future and an invisible, Ninteen Eighty-Four-style “Witness” programme means 500m cameras, microphones and sensors monitor our every move, pre-empting dysfunction and enabling the smooth running of The System, to which everyone contributes via constant online voting. ![]()
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