Prisoner's Dilemma: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BEWILDERMENT

Description

Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson Senior, father of four, sometime history teacher, quizmaster, black humorist, and invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors his worried family tries to discover the nature of his illness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls 'Hobstown' a place that he promises will save him, the world, and everything that's in it.

Richard Powers has been a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, as well as a winner of the US National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of nine novels, most recently Generosity. He lives in Los Angeles.

A complex treatment of time... An absorbing view of history. * New York Times Book Review * Enough plot twists and conspiracy-making ingredients to satisfy the most demanding aficionado of the genre. * Irish Times * Fascinating... Powers has a remarkable ability to find metaphors to illustrate the brain processes... terse and heartbreaking. * Los Angeles Times Book Review * Grand fiction... Prisoner's Dilemma is magnificent. * The Nation * I love and admire this book... I cannot give an adequate sense of its many marvels... One of the most beautiful and baffling dialogues in recent fiction. * Boston Globe *