The Code of the Vavasors
Published on 25. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-78842-435-6 (ISBN)
Description
Tom Winscombe and his ex-girlfriend Dorothy Chan are on a mission to crack a code - a code embedded in a chip inside two alpacas that used to belong to the famed dead mathematical geniuses, the Vavasor twins.
Their search leads them to a secretive mathematical retreat at a country house. While there, various members of the party succumb to a succession of bizarre fatal accidents. Will Tom and Dorothy succeed in their mission - and get out alive?
Join Tom and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations.
Their search leads them to a secretive mathematical retreat at a country house. While there, various members of the party succumb to a succession of bizarre fatal accidents. Will Tom and Dorothy succeed in their mission - and get out alive?
Join Tom and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations.
Reviews / Votes
'A genuine comic talent' Jonathan Coe PRAISE FOR JONATHAN PINNOCK'Irreverent, witty, well-aimed, and fizzing with imagination' Ian Stewart 'A series of humorous, riotous mathematical mysteries' David Nicholls 'He makes funny and self-deprecating company' The Herald 'Jonathan Pinnock writes compelling tales with a deliciously wicked glint in his eye' Ian Skillicorn, National Short Story Week 'Jonathan Pinnock is Roald Dahl's natural successor' Vanessa Gebbie 'Funny, clever, and sometimes brilliantly daft. A comedy that I am sure would have made Pythagoras, Archimedes and Douglas Adams all laugh out loud' Scott Pack on The Truth About Archie and Pye
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Duckworth Books
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78842-435-6 (9781788424356)
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Person
Jonathan Pinnock is the author of the novel Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens (Proxima, 2011), the short story collections Dot Dash (Salt, 2012) and Dip Flash (Cultured Llama, 2018), the bio-historico-musicological-memoir thing Take It Cool (Two Ravens Press, 2014) and the poetry collection Love and Loss and Other Important Stuff (Silhouette Press, 2017). He was born in Bedford and studied Mathematics at Clare College, Cambridge, before going on to pursue a moderately successful career in software development. He also has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. He is married with two slightly grown-up children and now lives in Somerset, where he should have moved to a long time ago.