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In a reeling world of fraudsters and hypnotists, sleep talkers and estranged twins, false alibis and second chances, Rusty Wilson is beset on all sides by mysteries. Why was his childhood decided by a throw of dice, why has his wife confessed to a lover, and why do his parents no longer wish to see him? When Rusty loses his job to an Al system, Edwina, the mercurial friend of his youth, finds him a new role as an oracle to the young. But how can he advise anyone on what it means to be human when artificial consciousness appears within reach? If it's all just one more con, it's not clear who's scamming who. Besides, should any of it matter to Rusty, when all he wants is for those he loves to love him back? What holds a life together when everything is coming apart? An audacious comic lament for a world that no longer knows itself, A RISING OF THE LIGHTS traces Rusty's descent- or perhaps his ascent - to the wonder of his true self.
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A Rising of the Lights, Steve Toltz
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- Pubblicato
- 2026
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- Titolo
- A Rising of the Lights
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Steve Toltz
- Editore
- Penguin Books
- Pubblicato
- 2026
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 1761355937
- ISBN13
- 9781761355936
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- In a reeling world of fraudsters and hypnotists, sleep talkers and estranged twins, false alibis and second chances, Rusty Wilson is beset on all sides by mysteries. Why was his childhood decided by a throw of dice, why has his wife confessed to a lover, and why do his parents no longer wish to see him? When Rusty loses his job to an Al system, Edwina, the mercurial friend of his youth, finds him a new role as an oracle to the young. But how can he advise anyone on what it means to be human when artificial consciousness appears within reach? If it's all just one more con, it's not clear who's scamming who. Besides, should any of it matter to Rusty, when all he wants is for those he loves to love him back? What holds a life together when everything is coming apart? An audacious comic lament for a world that no longer knows itself, A RISING OF THE LIGHTS traces Rusty's descent- or perhaps his ascent - to the wonder of his true self.