{"product_id":"stop-all-the-clocks-hardcover","title":"Stop All the Clocks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Kumin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Thrilling Debut that Explores the Profound Mysteries of Life in the Digital Age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mona Veigh was feeling burnt out from the tech world--and life in general. Following the death of her unconventional colleague, Avram Parr, and the collapse of her AI company that left her a hefty cash-out, Mona retreated to her home on Roosevelt Island, free to toss her phone into the East River and curl up with a good book, forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, strange occurrences intrude on Mona's permanent vacation and thrust her back into the world. Colleagues from her former company begin to track her down and let on that there may be more to Avram Parr's death than meets the eye. They all seem to believe that Mona possesses the crucial information about Avram that they seek, or, if not Mona, then her creation, Hildegard--an oracle-like bot that produces eerily prophetic poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStop All the Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare literary thriller where the crux of the \u003ci\u003ewhodunnit \u003c\/i\u003eisn't a person but modern life itself, where the conspiracy lies within the dark magic of digital technology--the ones and zeroes to which everyone is beholden--and the motive is the beguiling power of the words on the page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Kumin\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and editor of the \u003ci\u003eMars Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the world's premier outsider book review. He received a BA from the University of Chicago and an MFA in fiction from NYU, where he was advised by the late Martin Amis. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Machine War\u003c\/i\u003e, a philosophical history of computing. His next nonfiction work, \u003ci\u003eThe Mystagogues\u003c\/i\u003e, will examine occult secrets in the work of five mysterious twentieth-century writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.18 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378960101478,"sku":"9781648211201","price":36.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aQqcZQvwXq9781648211201.webp?v=1768912892","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/stop-all-the-clocks-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}