简介：Briefsynopsis: Awriterreturns,disillusioned,toLondonandParis.Hebeginsonastory:asleepercellofyoung,glamorousurbanterrorists.Gabriella,glamoroustrophywifeofayoungking-in-exile,holedupinanopulentLondonriversidepenthouse,fallsunderthespellofamodern-dayCheGuevaraand,PattyHearst-style,enlistsinTheCause.SheissenttoParisunderthe'front'ofadramastudentaimingatfilm.Shetakesherstudiesexceptionallyseriously:encountersBernardStiegler,theleadingphilosopheronthesubjectofcinemaandthehumancondition,andotherluminaries.Andshemeetsfellow-"student"activists,half-sisterand-brotherJuliaandSam,skilledactorswhoseemmoreinterestedinpettycrimeandscams.TheirfatherisapoliticalprisonerheldinLondon;ishethemaster-mind?Hashebeengroomingthemsincechildhood? Ourwriteradoptsthepersonaofasleuthashefollowstheseanti-heroes.Booksarepassed,stolen:dotheybearcodedmessages?WhyisGabriellaobsessedwithcapturingherinterviewsonanoutdatedNagratape-recorder?Whatistheirconnectionwiththeincipientterrorismonthecitystreets? Soourwriter/sleuthuncoversevents;butishedocumentingactuality,orinventingafiction?…