Título: Spook Country
Autor: William Gibson
Sinopse: Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer. Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine; she's used to that. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Really actively blocking it. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much. Which she doesn't; she can't afford to. Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms. Bobby Chombo is a "producer," and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him. Pattern Recognitionwas a bestseller on every list of every major newspaper in the country, reaching #4 on the New York Timeslist. It was also a BookSensetop ten pick, a WordStockbestseller, a best book of the year for Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Economist, and a Washington Post"rave." Spook Countryis the perfect follow-up to Pattern Recognition, which was called by The Washington Post(among many glowing reviews), "One of the first authentic and vital novels of the twenty-first century."
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Spook Country”, de William Gibson, publicado pela editora GP Putnam And Sons, em 2007 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: GP Putnam And Sons
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2007
Edição: First Edition
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780399154300
ISBN13: 9780399154300
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora GP Putnam And Sons geralmente exploram tramas de suspense e ação com ritmo acelerado, muitas vezes ambientados em contextos contemporâneos ou históricos marcados por conflitos políticos, crimes e investigações. A narrativa costuma envolver protagonistas complexos, como agentes secretos, policiais ou mercenários, que enfrentam dilemas morais e ameaças variadas, desde terrorismo a intrigas corporativas. O tom varia entre o tenso e o dramático, com momentos de tensão crescente e reviravoltas, criando uma experiência de leitura envolvente e dinâmica. As sinopses sugerem que o catálogo privilegia histórias que combinam mistério, ação e elementos de espionagem, com personagens que transitam por ambientes urbanos e cenários internacionais.
