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    Jim Gauer: Novel Explosives

    Quantum physics, the theory of relativity, and the miracle of the solar system fuel Novel Explosives, Jim Gauer’s ambitious and challenging novel.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Jul 20, 2017 • 28m Listen

    Quantum physics, the theory of relativity, and the miracle of the solar system fuel Jim Gauer's ambitious and challenging novel. A venture capitalist awakens in Mexico with no sense of who he is and how he got there. According to Gauer, he suffers from what Chekhov called a moral illness. In part a thriller that includes hedge funds, drug cartels and money laundering, Novel Explosives (Zerogram Press) seeks spiritual rebirth for its troubled protagonist.

    Read an excerpt from Novel Explosives.

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