07-16-19

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07-16-19

6hrs 3min

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Unabridged

Genre

Fiction/Historical

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“Beautiful and hallucinatory…From extreme isolation and suffering springs a vision of universal connectedness.” Wall Street Journal

Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year selection
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
A New Scientist magazine selection of Best Books of the Year
A London Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year
An Australian Book Review Pick of Best Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year in Fiction
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In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing.

Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for “gross indecency with another male” and forced to undergo chemical castration.

Set during the devastating period before Turing’s suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.

Praise

“Beautiful and hallucinatory…From extreme isolation and suffering springs a vision of universal connectedness.” Wall Street Journal

“An extraordinary exploration of dreams, consciousness, science and the future.” New Scientist

“[Murmur] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave.” The Guardian (London)

“Ambitiously and brilliantly illustrates the relationships between fiction, consciousness, and artificial intelligence.” Australian Book Review

“A deftly crafted read from beginning to end…Extraordinary and unreservedly recommended.” Midwest Book Review

“A wildly inventive and moving exploration of the human mind.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“An exquisite novel…[that] will submerge readers in contemplation and dazzling prose as it captures the essence of mind and matter.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Murmur is a fully achieved literary experiment, digging deep into all the dimensions of human consciousness.” Goldsmiths Prize judge’s citation

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Language English
Release Day Jul 15, 2019
Release Date July 16, 2019
Release Date Machine 1563235200
Imprint Blackstone Publishing
Provider Blackstone Publishing
Categories Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, LGBTQ+, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult
Author Bio
Will Eaves

Will Eaves is the author of two poetry collections and five novels, including Murmur, the first of his novels to be published in the United States. His work has appeared in the Guardian, New Yorker, and Yale Review, and has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and Encore Award. Previously the arts editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Eaves now co-hosts The Neuromantics podcast, teaches writing at the University of Warwick, and lives in London.

Narrator Bio
Will Eaves

Will Eaves is the author of two poetry collections and five novels, including Murmur, the first of his novels to be published in the United States. His work has appeared in the Guardian, New Yorker, and Yale Review, and has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and Encore Award. Previously the arts editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Eaves now co-hosts The Neuromantics podcast, teaches writing at the University of Warwick, and lives in London.

Overview

Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year selection
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
A New Scientist magazine selection of Best Books of the Year
A London Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year
An Australian Book Review Pick of Best Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year in Fiction
See All +

In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing.

Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for “gross indecency with another male” and forced to undergo chemical castration.

Set during the devastating period before Turing’s suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.

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