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PRAISE FOR ANTHONY MCCARTEN'S WORK
One of New Zealand's most exciting literary exports. -- International Herald Tribune
A master storyteller. FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

BRILLIANCE
Anthony McCarten's sharp, dazzling novel about the inventors and millionaires who colluded to bring electric light to the world is more than a great, entertaining read--it's also a sly, contemporary take on the complicated often corrupting effect of money, marketing, and hype on creativity. Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel

A truly remarkable book! Historical Novel Society, UK
McCarten's Lively prose style is pleasure to read. --The Times Literary Supplement
You can be sure that Brilliance will appear at a screen near you. In the meantime, read. - E&T Magazine
A great tale, well written and...dare I say it, illuminating." New Zealand Listener
I really, really enjoyed this. It's a new novel from author Anthony McCarten and the first of his I've read. It's beautifully written, witty and clever and the historical element gives us a pretty decent portrait of the current economic times. It's clever, it's a page-turner, an easy read with language and prose that oozes authenticity and descriptions that delight and amuse..." What Sarah Reads
Did inventor Thomas Edison and banker J.P. Morgan first meet in a bath in Saratoga Springs? Did Morgan possess, indeed cultivate 'a postulated, bulbous magma of warty tissue with the texture of a cauliflower' instead of a nose? Yes and yes if New Zealand novelist, playwright and film director Anthony McCarten's affably ironic new novel is to be believed. His use of such eloquent details and imaginings add pleasing texture to the story - a parable on Wall Street's tendency to co-opt and corrupt idealism - notably in the case of Edison, whose wives used Morse Code to counter his deafness; who existed on a mono-diet of milk; and who often appeared blind to the creat
PRAISE FOR ANTHONY MCCARTEN'S WORK:
One of New Zealand's most exciting literary exports. -- International Herald Tribune
A master storyteller. -- FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

PRAISE FOR "BRILLIANCE"
Anthony McCarten's sharp, dazzling novel about the inventors and millionaires who colluded to bring electric light to the world is more than a great, entertaining read--it's also a sly, contemporary take on the complicated often corrupting effect of money, marketing, and hype on creativity. -- Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel
A truly remarkable book! -- Historical Novel Society, UK
McCarten's Lively prose style is pleasure to read. -- The Times Literary Supplement
You can be sure that Brilliance will appear at a screen near you. In the meantime, read. -- E&T Magazine
A great tale, well written and...dare I say it, illuminating." -- New Zealand Listener
I really, really enjoyed this. It's a new novel from author Anthony McCarten and the first of his I've read. It's beautifully written, witty and clever and the historical element gives us a pretty decent portrait of the current economic times. It's clever, it's a page-turner, an easy read with language and prose that oozes authenticity and descriptions that delight and amuse..." -- What Sarah Reads
Did inventor Thomas Edison and banker J.P. Morgan first meet in a bath in Saratoga Springs? Did Morgan possess, indeed cultivate 'a postulated, bulbous magma of warty tissue with the texture of a cauliflower' instead of a nose? Yes and yes if New Zealand novelist, playwright and film director Anthony McCarten's affably ironic new novel is to be believed. His use of such eloquent details and imaginings add pleasing texture to the story - a parable on Wall Street's tendency to co-opt and corrupt idealism - notably in the case of Edison, whose wives used Morse Code to counter his deafness; who existed on a mono-diet of milk; ando

Reseña del editor

Accepting an offer of unlimited cash from J.P. Morgan to work toward illuminating America, Thomas Edison finds himself embroiled in the War of the Currents and sees his creative and spiritual survival threatened.