Prisoner's Dilemma
of Richard Powers
Description
“Prisoner’s Dilemma is magnificent. Set it up there in the stratosphere with the American novels we study like pictures in the sky.” – The NationSomething is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world and everything that's in it.A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner's Dilemma is a story of the power of individual experience.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352 pages
- Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication Date April 2nd 2002
- First Publication 10/30/88
- Language English
- ISBN 9780060977085
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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