Gnomon - Nick Harkaway
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Sci-Fi
From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, comes a virtuosic new novel set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state, that is equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle., In the world of Gnomon, citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of transparency. Every action is seen, every word is recorded, and the System has access to its citizens thoughts and memoriesall in the name of providing the safest society in history., When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. The System doesnt make mistakes, but something isnt right about the circumstances surrounding Hunters death. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector and a true believer in the System, is assigned to find out what went wrong. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isnt Hunter but rather a p
