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In a notorious psychiatric hospital a patient insists he is Dr. Nicholas Slopen, a failed husband and Samuel Johnson scholar who has been dead for months. As his story unfolds, the novel evolves from a potential forgery involving unseen letters by Dr. Johnson into a broader conspiracy. A Silicon Valley mogul and his Russian allies plot to exploit the darkest secret of Soviet technology—the Malevin Procedure. The narrative, echoing Borges and Philip K. Dick, forces readers to confront the nature of identity, truth, and what it means to be human.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Marcel Theroux
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