Turing’s Delirium

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Set in a near-future Bolivia, this “hybrid of cyberpunk and political thrillers [is] sleek, brisk, and clever” (Entertainment Weekly).

Set against a backdrop of advancing globalization, this award-winning, “fast-paced” literary thriller puts a cutting-edge digital spin on the age-old fight between the oppressed and the oppressor (The Miami Herald).

The South American town of Río Fugitivo is on the verge of a social revolution—not a revolution of strikes and street riots, but a war waged electronically, in which computer viruses are the weapons and hackers the revolutionaries. In this war of information, the lives of a variety of characters become entangled: Kandinsky, the mythic leader of a group of hackers fighting the government and transnational companies; Albert, the founder of the Black Chamber, a state security firm charged with deciphering the secret codes used in the information war; and Miguel “Turing” Sáenz, the Black Chamber’s most famous codebreaker, who begins to suspect his work is not as innocent as he once supposed.

About the Author

Edmundo Paz Soldán is the author of ten novels and two short story collections. He was awarded the 2002 Bolivian National Book Award for Turing’s Delirium and a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship. Soldán has also won the prestigious Juan Rulfo Award, and was a finalist for the Romulo Gállegos Award. He is an associate professor at Cornell University. As one of the few McOndo writers who live in the United States, Soldán is frequently called upon as the movement’s spokesperson by the American media.


  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Published: June 2007
  • ISBN: 9780547798004
  • Title: Turing’s Delirium
  • Author: Edmundo Paz Soldán
  • Imprint: Mariner Books
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 304 [disclaimer]

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