Odds Against Tomorrow
Author(s): Nathaniel Rich
New York City, the near future: Mitchell Zukor works on the cutting edge of corporate irresponsibility, and business is booming. A gifted mathematician, he spends his days in Manhattan calculating worst-case scenarios for FutureWorld, a consulting firm that indemnifies corporations against potential disasters. As Mitchell immerses himself in the mathematics of catastrophe, he exchanges letters with Elsa Bruner - a college crush with an apocalyptic secret of her own - and becomes obsessed by a culture's fears. When his predictions culminate in a nightmarish crescendo, Mitchell realizes he is uniquely prepared to profit from the disaster. But at what cost?
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Born in New York City, Nathaniel Rich now lives in New Orleans. He is the author of "The Mayor's Tongue." His short fiction has appeared in "Vice," "McSweeney's," and the "American Scholar"; his essays in the "New York Review of Books," "Harper's Magazine," "Rolling Stone," and "T""he""New York Times Magazine," among other publications.
General Fields
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- : St Martin's Press
- : St Martin's Press
- : 0.02
- : 30 April 2014
- : 210mm X 140mm X 22mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nathaniel Rich
- : Paperback
- : 813.6
- : 320