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A Person of Interest
Susan Choi
A Novel
Viking Adult
February 2008
On Sale: January 31, 2008
368 pages
ISBN: 0670018465
EAN: 9780670018468
Hardcover
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From an acclaimed novelist, an emotionally complex and
riveting story of suspicion, innocence, and regret When a mail bomb explodes in the campus office next door,
Lee, an Asian American math professor at a second-tier
university in the Midwest, comes under suspicion. The
authorities believe he may be the infamous “brain bomber,”
an elusive terrorist whose primary targets are prominent
scientists and mathematicians. In the midst of campus tumult and grief over the star
computer scientist who was killed by the bomb, Lee receives
a disturbing letter from a figure in his past. Certain he is
being targeted for revenge, he begins confronting key events
in his life. Misunderstood by the people around him, Lee is
not conscious that his behavior has begun to heighten
suspicion in the minds of his colleagues, students, and
neighbors, leading the FBI to designate him “a person of
interest” and pushing his life and reputation to the verge
of ruin. Intricately plotted and engrossing, A Person of Interest
asks how far one man can run from his past, and explores the
impact of scrutiny and suspicion in an age of terror. With
its propulsive drive and vividly realized characters, Susan
Choi’s latest novel is as thrilling as it is lyrical, and
confirms her place as one of the most important young
novelists chronicling the American experience.
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