Prisoner's Dilemma
by Richard Powers 2020-08-25 13:19:20
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“Prisoner’s Dilemma is magnificent. Set it up there in the stratosphere with the American novels we study like pictures in the sky.” – The NationSomething is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teache... Read more

Prisoner’s Dilemma is magnificent. Set it up there in the stratosphere with the American novels we study like pictures in the sky.” – The Nation

Something is wrong with Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and with his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world and everything that''s in it.

A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner''s Dilemma is a story of the power of individual experience.

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  • 7.96x5.56x0.9inches
  • 352
  • Harper Perennial
  • April 1, 2002
  • eng
  • 9780060977085
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He ...
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