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On the languid midsummer’s day in the countryside, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying. His family gathers at his bedside: his child, young Adam, struggling to keep his matrimony to a radiantly beautiful celebrity; his nineteen-year-old child, Petra, filled up with voices and visions as she waits for the unavoidable; their mother, Ursula, whose relationships with the Godley children are strained at best; and Petra’s “young man”—very likely more considering the daddy than the child—who is here for a superbly ill-timed visit.
But the Godley family is not alone in their vigil. Around them hovers a family group of mischievous immortals—included in this, Zeus, who have his vision on young Adam’s partner; Pan, who have considered the doughy, perspiring form of an old unwelcome acquaintance; and Hermes, who's the genial and omniscient narrator: “We too are petty and vindictive,” he instructs us, “just like you, when we are placed to it.” As old Adam’s times on earth run-down, these unearthly beings start to stir up trouble, to sometimes wildly unintended impact. . . .
Blissfully inventive and lively, rich in subconscious understanding and sensual depth, The Infinities reaches once a gloriously earthy romp and a sensible look at the horrendous, wonderful plight to be human being—a amazing novel from one of the very most widely adored and acclaimed authors at work today.
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