It’s not just the ideas, the shifts in perspective and the overarching mystery that makes Gnomon so entertaining. Whatever the case, I’m enjoying these changes in perspective and tone. Like the previous segment of the book dealing with Constantine the brilliant banker – who infected by a shark brings down the world economy – this first-person account would appear to be a stored memory, one that’s been relived… recalled by the Inspector. Now I could be wrong but the section of Gnomon that I’m currently reading would appear to be from the perspective of Saint Augustine’s mistress (who, according to the interwebs, was never named but did give birth to Augustine’s only child Adeodatus). If that sounds a bit fucking insane well welcome to Gnomon. Now a shark seems to have infected his mind, a meme or a metaphor or a sub-conscious trigger that’s allowing Constantine to rake in the moolah by providing him with hints on when to sell and when to buy on the stock-market. As I note above Constantine survived a shark attack. Constantine’s story – the name of our wealthy banker – is a cross between The Big Short and the Wolf of Wall Street.
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