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Murmur

A Novel

Will Eaves
4
(1)
Pages
184
Year
2019
Language
English

About

In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing. Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for "gross indecency with another male" and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing's suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.

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"An extraordinary exploration of dreams, consciousness, science and the future."
New Scientist
"Murmur is a fully achieved literary experiment, digging deep into all the dimensions of human consciousness."
Goldsmiths Prize judge's citation
"Murmur is a restrained and elegant exploration of cause and effect, and the meaning of life and love."
BBC judges' citation

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