The Tesseract (Tpb) - Tapa blanda

Gripping from the first pages, Garland's new novel is set over three hours during one night in Manilla. With the pace and suspense of THE BEACH this novel intertwines three stories: the shady dealings of gangsters, the tautly and emotionally drawn tale of a Philippino family and the violent lives of a gang of street kids, until their different lives collide in a shattering finale. It is beautifully written and unputdownable ...

Alex Garland was born in London in 1970. His bestselling first novel THE BEACH has sold 200,000 copies to date in the UK and has been translated into 11 languages. It also won the main Betty Trask award. It is being made into a film by Danny Boyle.He lives in London (NW3).