PopCo

by Scarlett Thomas

Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail?

The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing round her neck since she was ten.

PopCo is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles, big business and the power of numbers.

• ISBN10: 184767335X
• ISBN13: 9781847673350
• Publish Date: 5 February 2009 (first published 2 August 2004)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 April 2016
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Canongate Books
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 464
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

I hate writing reviews like this, but this book was a total snooze fest, I slogged through all 464 pages hoping there was going to be a pay off, and well, it never came. The characters were boring and one dimensional, the storyline was all over the place and preachy (and I usually don't mind a little preach), I will say the cryptanalysis and maths stuff was pretty interesting, but not enough to make up for the rest. All in all this just wasn't my cup of tea.