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Nan A. Talese
April 2010
On Sale: March 30, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 0385533411
EAN: 9780385533416
Hardcover
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Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best
work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for
enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned
scientific institutions, and half-heartedly heads a
government-backed initiative tackling global warming. While
he coasts along in his professional life, Michael’s personal
life is another matter entirely. His fifth marriage is
crumbling under the weight of his infidelities. But this
time the tables are turned: His wife is having an affair,
and Michael realizes he is still in love with her. When Michael’s personal and professional lives begin to
intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself
in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here
is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital
problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save
the world from environmental disaster. Can a man who has
made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity? A complex novel that brilliantly traces the arc of one man’s
ambitions and self-deceptions, Solar is a startling, witty,
and stylish new work from one of the world’s great writers.
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