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Hardcover
On a languid midsummer’s day in the countryside, old Adam
Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying. His
family gathers at his bedside: his son, young Adam,
struggling to maintain his marriage to a radiantly beautiful
actress; his nineteen-year-old daughter, Petra, filled with
voices and visions as she waits for the inevitable; their
mother, Ursula, whose relations with the Godley children are
strained at best; and Petra’s “young man”—very likely more
interested in the father than the daughter—who has arrived
for a superbly ill-timed visit.
But the Godley family is not alone in their vigil. Around
them hovers a family of mischievous immortals—among them,
Zeus, who has his eye on young Adam’s wife; Pan, who has
taken the doughy, perspiring form of an old unwelcome
acquaintance; and Hermes, who is the genial and omniscient
narrator: “We too are petty and vindictive,” he tells us,
“just like you, when we are put to it.” As old Adam’s days
on earth run down, these unearthly beings start to stir up
trouble, to sometimes wildly unintended effect. . . .
Blissfully inventive and playful, rich in psychological
insight and sensual detail, The Infinities is at once a
gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible,
wonderful plight of being human—a dazzling novel from one of
the most widely admired and acclaimed writers at work today.
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