{"product_id":"enigmas-coda-mike-king-9780995648005","title":"Enigma's Coda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre you now, or have you ever been, Alan Turing?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor William Strange has a stellar academic career, beautiful house, wife and baby son, all of which is imperilled by his affair with the enigmatic Adriana Russett. He is convinced that she is the clue to strange dreams of the 1940s which jumble up the life of Alan Turing and a mission in which a flying boat sinks a German submarine. Was he the great mathematician in a previous life? His breakdown is somehow presaged by two major public events, the death of Princess Diana and the 9\/11 attacks. But does any of this justify his affair?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnigma's Coda\u003c\/i\u003e is a Two Cultures campus novel which juxtaposes the 2010s with the 1940s, exploring the very different assumptions of ordinary people in those eras regarding progress, sexuality and conflict. It is also about Englishness and class, referencing such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-Nine Step\u003c\/i\u003es, and \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recent novels such as Ian McEwan's \u003ci\u003eSolar\u003c\/i\u003e and David Lodge's \u003ci\u003eThinks.... \u003c\/i\u003e The reader is left to muse on whether or not reincarnation is real and a determinant in obsessive sexual entanglements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099564800X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995648005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stochastic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Mike King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799531499775,"sku":"9780995648005","price":14.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enigmas-coda-mike-king-9780995648005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}