Gold Bug Variations
Author: Richard Powers
A national bestseller, voted by Time as the #1 novel of 1991, selected as one of the ‘Best Books of 1991’ by Publishers Weekly, and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award–a magnificent story that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art, by the brilliant author of Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance…..Read More
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