description: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate. Fred Fairly, a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus, where for centuries no female, not even a pussy cat, has been allowed to set foot, lectures in physics. Science, he is certain, will explain everything.Until into Fred’s orderly life come Daisy. Fred is smitten. Why have I met her? he wonders. How can I tell if she’s quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist. To him the truth should be everything. But even scientists make mistakes.
language: English
title: The Gate of Angels
titlecomplete: The Gate of Angels
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2385
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Chivers Audio Books