2010 Longlist
The Invention of Everything Else
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Louisa is an imaginative and curious chambermaid who, while cleaning rooms at the New Yorker Hotel, stumbles across a man living permanently in room 3327, which he has transformed into a scientific laboratory. Brought together by a shared interest in the pigeons that nest in the hotel, Louisa discovers that the mysterious guest is Nikola Tesla, one of the most brilliant – and most neglected – inventors of the twentieth century.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Samantha Hunt succeeded to catch the essence of Nikola Tesla’s personality, describing him as a person living between genius and madness.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Nominating Library
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