Robert harris used to write political columns for the sunday papers. The central character is alexander hoffmann, a onetime physicist who used to work at cern before going on to start a hedge fund also in geneva. Alex hoffmann lives with his artist wife gabrielle in a mansion in geneva, switzerland. The thrilling richard and judy book club pick robert harris. A lot of research has gone into it from the rarebook market to hedge fund investors and. The fear index north mankato taylor library overdrive. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be humanand it is robert harris s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be humanand it is robert harriss most spellbinding and audacious novel to date. Is there a genre of fiction that robert harris has not mastered. Harris discussed his novel the fear index which he likened to a modernday gothic novel along the lines of mary shelleys frankenstein. The fear index could scarcely be more of the moment the times harris is a master of pace and entertainment, and the fear index is a thoroughly enjoyable book. The fear index pima county public library overdrive. At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. The action in the fear index is all set on a single day 6 may 2010, the day of the socalled flash crash on the new york stock exchange when the dow jones fell some 600 points in a single fiveminute span.
Robert harris is the author of nine bestselling novels. Crucially to both the plot and harriss broader theme, this dealermachine, called vixal4, feeds on fear, anticipating flights from stock before fleshandblood brokers make them. Dr alex hoffman is, to the wider world, a nobody, a nonentity. Buy a discounted paperback of the fear index online from australias leading. Dennis drabelle, the washington post book world harriss brisk, movieready yarn may make you reconsider your mattress as a retirementfund option. Expertly mining this deep unease, robert harriss thriller presents a fictional nightmare that feels like a wakeup call.
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