The secret story of chemical and biological warfare. It is set in a period of roughly 24 hours from the 6 may 2010the date of the british general. The fear index is a frightening book, of course, as, with its title, it intends. New york, ny new york, ny robert harris is a magician with narrative weaving the reader through intrigue, deception, digerati, relationships, suspense, murder, muggings and high finance. However i dont feel that you need to dwell on the details too deeply just enough to get the drift. The fear index, the latest novel by robert harris, gives a clue in the epigraph that opens the first chapter. Baffling things are happening to alex hoffmann, cofounder of a wildly successfully hedge fund in geneva and the protagonist of robert harris s ingenious. The fear index, by robert harris the washington post. The title of robert harris s new thriller, the fear index, comes from the volatility index, or vix also known as the fear index which measures expectations of violent swings. Although he began his career in nonfiction, his fame rests upon his. The fear index has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Robert harris talks to richard and judy about his book club title the fear index. Harris has fashioned in the fear index a thriller thats part kafka, part orwell, part darwin with just about all parts exciting and pertinent. The fear index could scarcely be more of the moment, the times harris is a master of pace and entertainment, and the fear index is a thoroughly enjoyable book.
The official book trailer for the fear index by robert harris the no. Ths novel deals with the world of finance, at its worst. His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within. Based in geneva, he has developed a revolutionary system that has the power to manipulate financial markets. I enjoy books by robert harris and was delighted when the fear index was recently book of the month at my book group. Several of his books have been adapted to film, most recently the ghost writer. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be humanand it is robert harris s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date. It is set in a period of roughly 24 hours from the 6 may 2010the date of the british general election and the flash crash. Is there a genre of fiction that robert harris has not mastered. The fear index includes riots against austerity measures in greece as one variable that vixal incorporates into its unfathomably vast calculations. Fatherland, enigma, archangel, pompeii, imperium, the ghost writer, conspirata, the fear index, and an officer and a spy. The fear index isbn 9780307957931 pdf epub robert harris. For more on the fear index visit the random house website. Several of his books have been adapted to film, most recently the ghost writer, directed by roman polanski.
The fear index, by robert harris the new york times. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the fear index. Robert harris is the author of nine bestselling novels. Fatherland, enigma, archangel, pompeii, imperium, the ghost writer, conspirata, the fear index, an officer and a spy, dictator, conclave, and munich. Harris, robert the fear index, a borzoi book alfred a. Robert harris is not a technologist, but he is a terrific writer, and the author of a two of my favorite books, fatherland and enigma. Robert harris is the author of twelve bestselling novels. The fear index sees robert harris step away from the traditional political environment of the ghost and focus on where the real power lies. The fear index by robert harris 2012, hardcover, large type at the best online prices at ebay. Frustrated by a thankless research job at cerns large hadron collider. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The crown producer left bank is swapping the royal family for the world of hedge funds and artificial intelligence with its latest project an adaptation of robert harris the fear. Gerald bartell, san francisco chronicle the fear index, which unfolds over the course of a single day in switzerland, can be read as harris s response to the financial turmoil of the last few.
Left bank developing adaptation of robert harris the. Robert dennis harris born 7 march 1957 is an english novelist. The late michael crichton did this kind of story well. In the fear index, harris has something to say about the financialization of the economy, the growth of unregulated and unchecked hedge funds, and the dangers of handing off our economic decisions to. The hero of the fear index is a brilliant physicist called dr alex hoffman. Observer the fear index is an escapist thriller to rank with the best of them, and as a guide to what hedge funds actually do, it is surprisingly clear and instructive. In the fear index, robert harris offers his take on the financial crisis that has engulfed the developed world. Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, the fear index gives us a searing glimpse into an alltoorecognizable world of greed and panic. His work has been translated into thirtyseven languages. In the fear index, robert harris does it fantastically. The fear index by robert harris books reading order.
It follows the interactions of a group of employees at hoffmann investment technologies, a fictional hedge fund operating in geneva. Christopher reich, bestselling author of rules of betrayal like the best novels of this genre, it offers something to chew onand its entertaining. The fear index could scarcely be more of the moment the times in the fear index, the latest thriller by robert harris, now heading for the christmas bestseller lists, a brainbox hedge fund manager with little in the way of interpersonal skills discovers that his computerdriven trading system has flown out of control and threatens to send the worlds stock markets into a tailspin. It was what was known in the book trade as a fine copy, worth. He is a former journalist and bbc television reporter. Buy the fear index by robert harris online at alibris. Space odyssey, the swarmintelligence in crichtons prey, and now vixal in harris the fear index are all literary anticipations of this new creature, eagerly announced in kurzweils. Harris has an excellent sense of pace, and understands as much about fear in. The fear index is a 2011 novel by british author robert harris. The fear index, robert harriss thriller the new york. Ive loved all robert harris s books so far, especially the amazing cicero trilogy.