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  • Published: 2 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141941455
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

The Tesseract



The highly acclaimed second novel from the author of the cult hit, The Beach

In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster. On the other side of town, Rosa listens for her husband’s car, and thirteen-year-old Vincente is watching for the man who pays money for street-kids’ dreams. Tonight, these disparate lives will violently collide . . .

  • Published: 2 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141941455
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

About the author

Alex Garland

Date: 2013-08-06
All of the writers are bestselling authors and critically acclaimed.

Alex Garland is the author of the novels The Beach and The Tesseract. In 2003 he wrote the screenplay for 28 Days Later.

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Praise for The Tesseract

Astonishing . . . A brilliantly structured, surprisingly compassionate novel, disguised as an exotic, speedy thriller

Mail on Sunday

Proves defiantly that Garland is far from a one-hit wonder

Time Out

A powerful narrative drive, exotic locations that unfold like a corrupt and mysterious flower, and a moody intelligence that holds everything together

J.G. Ballard
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