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Content snapshot
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Violence
Some
Thriller danger and some violence; operatives and paranoia throughout
Language
Some
Moderate language; Gibson's cool-prose register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationship; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Some
Drug dependence central to one character; Milgrim's Ativan addiction is portrayed with specificity
Emotional Intensity
Some
Post-9/11 surveillance culture, the aesthetics of new war, information as the only real currency
What this book is about
Three separate narratives — former rock star Hollis Henry investigating locative art, young Cuban-Chinese operative Tito doing shadow deliveries, drug-addled Milgrim being held by a paranoid operative named Brown — converge on a mystery involving money, the Iraq War, and a shipping container. Gibson's Blue Ant trilogy continues with a post-9/11 paranoid thriller that is, on its surface, about the intersection of art and surveillance.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
drug addiction as a character element
post-9/11 paranoia throughout
requires attention to converging plotlines
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