Howard Hinton and his family are living in Japan, escaping from a scandal. Hinton's obsessions are his work - speculative voyages into the fourth dimension of space - and his wife and sons, each of whom yearns to find escape from entanglement in the strange and unknown landscapes of Hinton's science fictions. A ravishing period piece of late-Victorian social, scientific and domestic life, Hinton is about extraordinary discoveries, and terrible choices. It is about those who discover and map other realms, and the implications for those of us left behind.

A nineteenth century tale of dangerous and pioneering mathematical ideas, based on an incredible true story.

About the Author
Mark Blacklock is the author of the critically acclaimed I'm Jack (Granta, 2014). He teaches at Birkbeck college.

Reviews
'A brilliant resurrectionist raid on the past as it should have unfolded. Mark Blacklock breathes new life into the tropes of detective fiction, occult mathematics and forensic science. He makes new mysteries out of reforgotten enigmas' - Iain Sinclair



Book Information
ISBN 9781783785216
Author Mark Blacklock
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm