Prisoner's Dilemma by Richard Powers - ISBN: 9781804952153
Paperback
Ailing father’s secret project: can it save his family, the world?

Prisoner's Dilemma

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    26 May 2026

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Summary

The second novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Booker shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.

“Accomplished … mature and assured … A major American novelist.” - New Republic

Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, occasional history teacher, quiz master, black humourist, and master invalid, is facing a mysterious ailment. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and his ingrained aversion to doctors leaves his worried family scramb…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804952153
ISBN-10:180495215X
Author:Richard Powers
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:26 May 2026
Weight:236g
Dimensions:197mm x 127mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

Accomplished … mature and assured … A major American novelist * New Republic *

About The Author

Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published fourteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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