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How I Won a Nobel Prize

By: Julius Taranto
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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Summary

'Taranto’s hilarious, provocative debut novel . . . switches seamlessly between psychological realism and diabolical farce.' – The Times/The Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year'

'Sometimes you read something new and immediately think how brilliant it would be for a book club.' – Vogue


In Julius Taranto’s wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut novel, a young physicist follows her mentor to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to 'cancelled' artists and scientists.

Helen, a graduate student on a quest to save the planet, is one of the best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor’s student sex scandal is exposed, she must choose whether to give up on her work or accompany him to RIP, a research institute which grants safe harbour to the disgraced and the deplorable.

As Helen settles into life at the institute alongside her partner Hew, she develops a crush on an older novelist, while he is drawn to an increasingly violent protest movement. As the rift between them deepens, they both face major – and potentially world-altering – choices.

Hilarious, provocative and thought-provoking, How I Won A Nobel Prize approaches the issues of our times in a genuine and fresh way, examining the price we’re willing to pay for progress and what it means, in the end, to be a good person.

‘A stunning new talent, announcing itself fully formed’ – Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn

©2024 Julius Taranto (P)2024 Hachette Audio
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Cancel culture island

This book has a lot of originality to it. The narrator is fantastic and the story is good. The protagonist isn’t the most likeable character ever written but in the grand scheme of this narrative the moral differences between herself and her ‘husband’ is probably the reason for this.

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Modern campus novel

I thought this would be a harder hitting and funnier take on cancel culture but it wasn’t a patch on, say, Yellow Face (which I loved). Rather a disappointment. Narrator was quite good though.

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