![]() ![]() We get to know several characters, instead of just one, with excellent results. Now I know what that was-in Spook Country, Gibson goes back to multiple points of view. ![]() I enjoyed William Gibson's previous novel, Pattern Recognition, but I felt as if there was something missing. ![]() He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms.īobby Chombo is a "producer" and an enigma. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive 24 hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much - which she doesn't. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine she's used to that. Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer. ![]()
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