'A tremendous novel-droll savvy original. An invigorating blast of fiction.'
-William Boyd Author of Any Human Heart and Restless
A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and in the back country of Alabama assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable. Their fascination with this random event sets into motion a madcap caper that will bring together a hilarious cast of characters including: an eccentric mathematician last heard of investigating the physics of free will; a lovelorn Cambridge postgraduate who has set off to America with a ring in his pocket and hope in his heart; and a member of the Directorate with no capacity for imagination.? What ensues is a chaotic chase across a fully realized hyper-real America haunted by madness murder mistaken identity and conspiracy.? The Coincidence Engine is a lively boisterous debut that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
