Solar

Anengrossing,satiricalandveryfunnynewnovelonclimatechange.MichaelBeardisinhislatefifties;bald,overweight,unprepossessing--aNobelPrize-winningphysicistwhosebestworkisbehindhim.Tradingonhisreputation,hespeaksforenormousfees,lendshisnametotheletterheadsofrenownedscientificinstitutionsandhalf-heartedlyheadsagovernment-backedinitiativetacklingglobalwarming.Aninveteratephilanderer,Beardfindshisfifthmarriagefloundering.Butthistimeitisdifferent:sheishavingtheaffair,andheisstillinlovewithher.WhenBeard'sprofessionalandpersonalworldsareentwinedinafreakaccident,anopportunitypresentsitself,achanceforBeardtoextricatehimselffromhismaritalmess,reinvigoratehiscareerandverypossiblysavetheworldfromenvironmentaldisaster.Withaglobalscope,Solarisacomedydealingdirectlywiththecrisesoftoday.Astoryofoneman'sambitionsandself-deceptions,itisastartlingandstylishnewdepartureintheworkofoneoftheworld'sgreatwriters.