Anarchy over apathy. Terrorism with a social conscience. This razor-sharp debut is a satirical novel that will speak to the heart of the new political generation.
The Serendipity Foundation demands anarchy over apathy. They deal in terrorism with a social conscience. And they''re going to make the British government play along.
When four British citizens are kidnapped in Cairo, they soon realise this is no ordinary hostage situation: the accommodation is three star and the menu à la carte. Without the deep regrets and thwarted ambitions of their lives back home, they soon come to view their kidnapping as a welcome escape.
They are the captives of the Serendipity Foundation, a tiny collective with a millennium-old prophecy to fulfil and a rather redeeming quality: they only demand ransoms that people would want to give.
As the ransom demands begin, the British government has no choice but to play along... can they really allow four men to die because parliament refuses to conduct Prime Ministers Questions in Haiku? As the threats and demands escalate, so does the tension, until they challenge the very foundations and assumptions of the media, industry and society.
The Serendipity Foundation, bursting with the satirical deftness of a Douglas Coupland and the subversive intensity of an Owen Jones, is a thrilling yet endearing satirical novel for the new political generation that will make us question why we settle for a lesser world when we have the power to make it better.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Random House International
ISBN: 9781783522705
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 14/07/2016
Año de edición: 2016
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Sam Smith
Sam Smith ha estado cubriendo a los Chicago Bulls y la NBA durante más de cuatro décadas. Fue reportero y columnista del Chicago Tribune durante 28 años y actualmente escribe para el sitio web oficial de los Bulls. Sam ha recibido el prestigioso Curt Gowdy Media Award del Salón de la Fama de la NBA y el premio Lifetime Achievement de la Professional Basketball Writers Association. "Las reglas de Jordan", su primer libro, está considerado uno de los mejores libros de deportes de la historia. Smith es también autor de "Hard Labor", sobre los primeros años de la NBA, "Second Coming" y "There Is No Next", ambos sobre Michael Jordan, y es coautor, junto con Derrick Rose, de "I’ll Show You", la autobiografía del genial base de Chicago.