β Scribed by Eaves, Will
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"[Murmur] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave. . . . [Eaves] knows that Turing's theories of consciousness have implications for fiction, and that fiction can operate at the frontiers of what we know about the workings of our minds." --Guardian
"Murmur is a fully achieved literary experiment, digging deep into all the dimensions of human consciousness." --Goldsmiths Prize judge's citation
"[Murmur] is masterful--compassionate, principled, and moving. It is deeply wise, with the aching loneliness of both human indignity and dignity, despair and courage." --Anne Michaels , author of Fugitive Pieces and All We Saw
"A really extraordinary book, unlike any other." --Max Porter , author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
In Murmur , a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan...
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"[_Murmur_] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave. . . . [Eaves] knows that Turing's theories of consciousness have implications for fiction, and that fiction can operate at the frontiers of what we know about the workings of our minds." --**_Guardian_** "_Murmur_ is a fully achieved literary
"[_Murmur_ will] grip your mind in the very first pages, break your heart halfway through, and in the end, strangely, unexpectedly, restore your faith in human beings and their endless capacity for resilience." --**Wellcome Book Prize chair of judges Elif Shafak in the _Guardian_** "Eaves' playful,
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