Dangerous Conjectures
by Brian Finney
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Pub Date Mar 25 2021 | Archive Date Apr 16 2021
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Description
From the award-winning author of Money Matters, an explosive family drama set in the Bay Area during the early months of the pandemic: a suspenseful tale of transgressions, betrayals, and the rise of outrageous conspiracy theories.
Oakland, California, 2020.
Computer scientist Adam cannot understand the widespread appeal of conspiracy theories popularized by the president. He decides to investigate one, QAnon, which turns out to have hidden connections to a White House intent on subverting the upcoming presidential election.
His wife Julia, who works at the ACLU, is terrified by the outbreak of the coronavirus and is drawn to the fake online cures Adam detests. Further threatened by the reappearance of a violent ex-boyfriend, Julia sees her life unraveling and resorts to desperate remedies.
Brian Finney’s Dangerous Conjectures is a powerful, gripping exploration of two Americans’ inner lives living through a pandemic and a culture overrun with misinformation.
Advance Praise
"In Dangerous Conjectures, Brian Finney’s brilliantly conceived new novel, the social context is the internet’s web-shadowed world (an ever-darkening web) of our present day. The politics are sexual as well as cultural, inevitably divisive and impossibly personal—this is a world where both our secrets and our intimacies are certain to be betrayed. Disturbing and prescient, this is the novel you need to read today.
David St. John, author
Brian Finney weaves the early months of 2020 into an allegory of privilege as we witness the piercing of the Gosford family’s Silicon Valley bubble. Confronted with the impending pandemic, QAnon beliefs, incel revenge, false accusations, addiction, and the danger that poor judgement can beget, this compelling tale makes us question our own actions and responsibilities as we move forward into an unsure normal.
Sandra Ann Miller, author and founder of The L.A.L.A. Society
Admirers of Brian Finney’s earlier novel ‘Money Matters’ know that there are few contemporary writers as adept at turning headlines into fictional fuel. In ‘Dangerous Conjectures,’ a professional couple in the Bay Area struggle with multiple national crises—the start of the Covid pandemic and the growth of QAnon among them. As Adam and Julia navigate the rapids of their personal and professional lives, readers re-experience the last year, where a pandemic and a parallel “virus of massive misinformation” made that journey so difficult. Finney’s characters are us, and their struggles our own.
David Peck, author
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780999800324 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
