
Dangerous Conjectures
Brian Finney(Author)
Kdp (Publisher)
Published on 25. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-9998003-3-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the award-winning author of Money Matters, an explosive family drama set in the Bay Area during the early months of the pandemic: a suspenseful tale of transgressions, betrayals, and the rise of outrageous conspiracy theories.
Oakland, California, 2020.
Computer scientist Adam cannot understand the widespread appeal of conspiracy theories popularized by the president. He decides to investigate one, QAnon, which turns out to have hidden connections to a White House intent on subverting the upcoming presidential election.
His wife Julia, who works at the ACLU, is terrified by the outbreak of the coronavirus and is drawn to the fake online cures Adam detests. Further threatened by the reappearance of a violent ex-boyfriend, Julia sees her life unraveling and resorts to desperate remedies.
Brian Finney's Dangerous Conjectures is a powerful, gripping exploration of two Americans' inner lives living through a pandemic and a culture overrun with misinformation.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9998003-3-1 (9780999800331)
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Person
Brian Finney is a writer and Professor Emeritus of Literature at California State University, Long Beach. Educated in England, he obtained a BA from the University of Reading and a PhD from the University of London. Between 1964-1987 he taught and arranged extra-mural courses for the University of London. Since immigrating to the US in 1987 he has taught at the University of California, Riverside, University of Southern California, UCLA, and California State University, Long Beach.
He has published nine books, including Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography (1979) which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize , Terrorized: How the War on Terror Affected American Culture and Society (KDP 2011/2018), and two novels, Money Matters: A Novel ( 2019), a Finalist for the American Fiction Awards, and Dangerous Conjectures (2021).
He is married and lives in Venice, California.