From the New York Times Bestselling author of Lovecraft Country, now an HBO series.Sewer, Gas & Electric is the exuberant follow-up to Matt Ruff's cult classic and critically acclaimed debut Fool on the Hill.High above Manhattan android and human steelworkers are constructing a new Tower of Babel for billionaire Harry Gant, as a monument to humanity's power to dream. In the festering sewers below a darker game is afoot: a Wall Street takeover artist has been murdered, and Gant's crusading ex-wife, Joan Fine, has been hired to find out why. The year is 2023, and Ayn Rand has been resurrected and bottled in a hurricane lamp to serve as Joan's assistant; an eco-terrorist named Philo Dufrense travels in a pink-and-green submarine designed by Howard Hughes; a Volkswagen Beetle is possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman; Meisterbrau, a mutant great white shark, is running loose in the sewers beneath Times Square; and a one-armed 181-year-old Civil War veteran joins Joan and Ayn in their quest for the truth. All of whom, and many more besides, are caught up in a vast conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and a mob of homicidal robots.
Sobre o autor(a)
Ruff, Matt
Matt Ruff nasceu na cidade de Nova York. Aos cinco anos, decidiu que seria autor de ficção, e passou a infância e a adolescência aprendendo a contar histórias. Hoje é autor aclamado pela crítica, vencedor de diversos prêmios. Território Lovecraft é seu primeiro livro publicado pela Intrínseca. |
| ISBN | 9780802141552 |
| Autor(a) | Ruff, Matt |
| Editora | Grove |
| Ano de edição | 2004 |
| Páginas | 450 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |