{"product_id":"wave-theory-of-angels","title":"Wave Theory of Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wave Theory of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e is Alison MacLeod's compelling mixture of thriller and philosophical exploration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo widowed fathers named Giles. The first, woodcarver Giles of Beauvais in thirteenth-century France, whose unearthly skill leads the medieval Church to suspect him of heresy. The second, maverick twenty-first-century physicist Giles Carver, who risks his reputation and livelihood for a heretical theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth Gileses have daughters named Christina who each fall into a strange coma from which they will not wake. And in their dreams both girls struggle to return to the world that they left behind - a reality which seems to be turning away from them. Are the memories they cling to real? Is the lover they both dream of a protector - or a more sinister presence? And are the men who claim to be their fathers actually someone else entirely \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Part thriller, part philosophical treatise. Quite wonderful'  \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Weaves science with mystery, justified faith with prejudice . . . an unfolding thriller in which the big question is whether one can die of an excess of emotion'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A daring investigation of medieval philosophy, modern-day physics, and the relation of both to faith and desire . . . a novel with a passion for ideas. MacLeod has an engaged delight in the stuff of life' \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly delightful, beautifully written'  Alberto Manguel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlison MacLeod was raised in Canada and has lived in England since 1987. She is the author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wave Theory of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnexploded\u003c\/i\u003e, and of a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eFifteen Modern Tales of Attraction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eUnexploded\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013. Alison MacLeod is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at Chichester University and lives in Brighton.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218344628568,"sku":"9780141016054","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141016054_89a276ac-e9cd-498a-80c5-efc3074c33ce.jpg?v=1769229932","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wave-theory-of-angels","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}