Authors: Nick Harkaway
The Blind Giant (40 page)
United Kingdom
see
Britain
United States: Secret Service,
1.1
; and Google challenge,
1.2
; government view of Google,
5.1
; and intellectual property,
5.2
; Depression (1930s),
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,
6.2
van Riper, Lieutenant General Paul
Wall Street
(film),
6.1
Wall Street Journal,
5.1
WELL, the (Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link),
1.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
Whole Earth Catalogue
,
1.1
Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link
see
WELL, the
Wired
(magazine),
1.1
Wolf, Maryanne,
6.1
,
10.1
;
Proust
and the Squid
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
World of Warcraft,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
Nick Harkaway is the author of two novels,
The Gone-Away World
and
Angelmaker
, and a regular blogger for the Bookseller’s FutureBook website. From 1999 to 2008 he was a jobbing scriptwriter. During that time he also wrote brochure copy for a company selling bottle-capping machinery and the website text for an exclusive lingerie boutique. He lives in London with his wife, Clare, a human rights lawyer, and his daughter, Clemency, an infant.
N
ICK
H
ARKAWAY
“Edie Investigates” is an exhilarating espionage murder-mystery eShort. There has been a strange death in the quiet village of Shrewton: old Donny Caspian has lost his head. In the Copper Kettle tea rooms, Tom Rice, a junior nobody from the Treasury, puzzles over the details of the case. He has been sent by his superiors to oversee the investigation, but is he supposed to help or hinder? At the next table, octogenarian superspy Edie Banister nibbles a slice of cake and struggles not to become Miss Marple. But what is the connection between the two? Who killed Donny Caspian, and why? Taking in Rice’s present and Edie’s daring past, from duels on shipboard to death in back alleys, “Edie Investigates” is a superb short story from the incomparable Nick Harkaway.
A hilarious, action-packed look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a thrilling war story, and an all-out kung-fu infused mission to save the world. Gonzo Lubitch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They grew up together, they studied martial arts together, they rebelled in college together, and they fought in the Go-Away War together. Now, with the world in shambles and dark nightmarish clouds billowing over the wastelands, they have been tapped for an incredibly perilous mission. But they quickly realize that this assignment is not all it seems, and before it is over they will have encountered everything from mimes, ninjas, and pirates to one ultra-sinister mastermind whose only goal is world domination. Unlike anything else,
The Gone-Away World
is a remarkable literary debut that will be remembered and rediscovered for years to come.
Angelmaker