num_pages: 288
description: An intricately woven, suspenseful novel of psychological and political intrigue, The Tesseract  follows the interlocking fates of three sets of characters in the Philippines: gangsters in a chase through the streets of Manila; a middle-class mother putting her children to bed in the suburbs and remembering her first love; and a couple of street kids and the wealthy psychiatrist who is studying their dreams. Alex Garland demonstrates the range of his extraordinary talents as a novelist in this national bestseller, a Chinese puzzle of a novel about three intersecting sets of characters in the Philippines.
language: English
title: The Tesseract
titlecomplete: The Tesseract
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Asia, Novels, Thriller, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 6607
places: The Philippines
publisher: Riverhead Books