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**From Graham Moore,** the Oscar-winning screenwriter of *The Imitation Game* and *New York Times* bestselling author of *The Sherlockian*, comes a thrilling novel--based on actual events--about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Graham Moore
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Random House
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812988901
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