The Chain of Chance (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanisław Lem
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: Naples, Rome, and Paris
- Principal Characters: John, Annabella, Dr. Philippe Barth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Suicide, Paris, Detectives, Mysteries, Depression, mental, Terrorism or terrorists, Italy or Italians, Mathematics or mathematicians, Poisons or poisoning, Rome, Chemicals
- Locales: Paris, France, Rome, Italy, Naples, Italy
The Novel
John, the narrator, a former astronaut, has been hired to investigate the death of a fellow American named Adams, who has died of unknown causes in Naples. This is only the most recent in a series of twelve strange deaths in which the victim first exhibited evidence of great excitement and aggressive behavior, followed by hallucinations and delusions of persecution, and, finally, total withdrawal, leading to death, in most cases by suicide. Though the twelve were unknown to one another, John believes that the pattern cannot be mere coincidence. Were they the...
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