- This
- book
- has
- now
- completely
- sold
- out,
- but
- is
- still
- available
- to
- buy
- as
- an
- ebook:
- buy
- it
- from
- Amazon
- here
- for
- £2.99.
It
- is
- 2031
- and
- the
- must-have
- gadget
- is
- the
- Holophin:
- a
- tiny,
- dolphin-shaped
- microprocessor
- which
- cures
- your
- worst
- impulses
- and
- phobias,
- comforts
- you
- in
- your
- grief
- or
- boredom
- and
- makes
- everything
- look
- much,
- much
- prettier.
Hatsuka
- and
- Max
- are
- students
- at
- the
- Takin
- International
- School,
- a
- learning
- institute
- so
- magnificent
- it
- produces
- Holophins
- as
- a
- by-product
- of
- its
- own
- projects.
- The
- billionth
- device
- has
- just
- been
- sold,
- but
- when
- Takin's
- best
- students
- are
- stalked
- by
- a
- shady
- rival
- manufacturer,
- Holophin's
- monopoly,
- and
- the
- narrative
- itself,
- begins
- to
- unravel
- –
- with
- unexpected
- consequences.
This
- hallucinatory
- and
- darkly
- funny
- sci-fi
- mystery
- is
- the
- debut
- novella
- by
- acclaimed
- poet
- Luke
- Kennard,
- a
- refracted
- meditation
- on
- identity,
- technology
- and
- the
- imagination."A
- sparky,
- image-rich
- novella
- that
- reboots
- familiar
- genre
- themes"
David
- Langford,
- The
- Telegraph
"A
- truly
- 21st-century
- writer,
- taking
- inspiration
- from
- all
- over
- the
- place,
- unafraid
- of
- barriers
- and
- conventions."
Ian
- McMillan"Inventive...
- fearless
- and
- hugely
- enjoyable."
Nick
- Laird,
- The
- Telegraph
Luke
- Kennard
- was
- born
- in
- Kingston
- upon
- Thames
- in
- 1981.
- He
- won
- an
- Eric
- Gregory
- award
- in
- 2005
- for
- The
- Solex
- Brothers,
- re-issued
- in
- 2010.
- In
- 2007
- he
- became
- the
- youngest
- poet
- ever
- nominated
- for
- the
- Forward
- Prize
- for
- Best
- Collection
- for
- The
- Harbour
- Beyond
- the
- Movie
- (2010).
- The
- Migraine
- Hotel
- (2009)
- was
- featured
- in
- the
- Guardian
- Review.
- In
- 2010
- he
- co-judged
- the
- 2010
- Foyles
- Young
- Poets
- Prize
- with
- Jane
- Draycott.
- His
- criticism
- appears
- in
- Poetry
- London,
- the
-
- TLS
- and
- The
- National,
- the
- UAE's
- English-language
- newspaper.
- He
- lectures
- in
- Creative
- Writing
- at
- the
- University
- of Birmingham.
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