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La caduta di un uomo
La caduta di un uomo: Indagine sulla morte di Alan Turing | David Lagercrantz
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Un mattino di giugno del 1954, in piena Guerra fredda, Alan Turing viene trovato morto nel letto di casa, nellassonnata cittadina inglese di Wilmslow. Accanto al corpo, una mela morsicata a met porta evidenti tracce di cianuro. Gli accertamenti su quello che per tutti un caso di suicidio sono affi dati al giovane ispettore Leonard Corell, un uomo dallapparenza mite che un tempo coltivava sogni di scienziato, e che molto presto viene assalito dai dubbi. Perch la documentazione del grande matematico relativa alla guerra secretata? Forse Turing era ricattato da spie al servizio dellUnione Sovietica? La sua recente condanna per omosessualit sembra aver messo in allarme i servizi segreti: potrebbe trattarsi di un complotto che coinvolge le cerchie pi alte del potere? Affascinato dal genio visionario di Turing e dal suo lavoro brillante e rivoluzionario, Corell comincia a indagare con passione nella vita di uno spirito libero e anticonformista e cerca di ricostruire una vicenda che in qualche modo sembra riguardare lui stesso, spingendolo a fare cose che non avrebbe mai dovuto fare.
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Hooked_on_books
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
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Bailedbailed

I‘m fine with slow-paced books, but this one is like watching paint dry.

Soubhiville 🤣 that doesn‘t sound fun. 3y
Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville The interesting thing is that this is the writer who picked up the Millennium series books after Steig Larsson died and he‘s done a great job with them. So I know he can craft a good book! Too bad he didn‘t here. It was a wretched experience. 😵‍💫 3y
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Matt_Austin
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
Mehso-so

Got the audiobook and if I had tried to read it myself I would have put it down before halfway. I loved the parts about Alan and his life but just couldn‘t really getting it the detective‘s story. The ending did hit me in the feels a bit. Overall I just didn‘t love it.

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Buechersuechtling
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Pickpick

And suddenly I was completely intrigued by the plot. I‘m no big mathematician, definitely not, but I liked to learn so much about Alan Turing‘s life and passion. Lagercrantz wonderfully explains complicated theories to non-experts. 😍 I loved and understood those parts even though I can‘t re-tell them.

Keeping the guys from the Government Code and Cypher School (G.C. & C.S.) apart was a bit difficult, but I was able to follow the plot, anyway.

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Buechersuechtling
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Off topic, but I just wanted to find a nice, not-cheesy saying to write into a “Get-well-soon”-card for a dear friend …

Gosh folks, so many terrible, awful quotes and things on my German internet. 🙄 Nothing I‘d use for introduction with a good conscience. Reading this makes you feel worse instead of better, believe me.

So in the end it was like always: After hesitation I use my own words and run out of space at the end of the card. 😇

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Buechersuechtling
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(📸 from: https://bit.ly/33jI6g9)

We had a very togetherness-y, cosy Sunday gaming 🎮 “Super Mario World” and “Earth Bound”. 💑 I enjoyed this so much, seems, it was a much-needed downtime for me.

Now that I am grass widow again I continue my audiobook, I‘m very curious how the “case” Turing will be brought to an end while I prepare kohlrabi with creamy cheese for dinner. 🎧📖

ljuliel What does Grass Widow mean ? 5y
Buechersuechtling @ljuliel Oh. 🤭 I‘m sorry to have confused you. I looked the term up myself because I didn‘t know the English expression. “Grass widow” was what my online dictionary suggested as translation for partners in a marriage or relationship who live temporarily alone, that is to say who are “temporary widows”. – no, that this is obviously wrong would you please teach me the correct expression❓ 5y
ljuliel Well, let‘s see. I guess you could say you each have your own places ? Or your “ partner” works away from home and is only there part time ? I‘m not sure. I know here, sometimes ladies call themselves Football Widows on Sundays when football is on, because they have their mind on the game and not their wife or girlfriend . 5y
annamatopoetry The equivalent of grass widow/er definitely exists in Swedish too! 5y
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Buechersuechtling
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I‘m not quite sure if I didn‘t know or just forgot that the book is about Alan Turing.

I like it – the bits of his biography that you get. At first I wasn‘t sure if I would also like Leonard Corell, the police assistant dealing with Turing‘s case, but meanwhile I think we get along well.

Even though it‘s hard to follow the story with the flu 😷, cough and heavy headaches.

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Buechersuechtling
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I own this as physical copy as well but because I don‘t have the energy to concentrate on reading at the moment I am happy I found the audiobook.

The only book by Lagercrantz I know is the 4th volume of the “Millennium”-trilogy. I liked it – with this he did a good job 👏🏼, but I also wanted to know how his very own creations are.

Let the story begin …

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calicodreamin
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
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Mehso-so

Oddly interesting. Sort of a biography of Alan Turing as told by a fictional police officer. Very analytical, and poses high level concepts ( not all of which I understood) but thoroughly enjoyed the read. Got a bit tired with the police officer and his constant indecisiveness and judgement. But all in all a pretty good book.

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BookishMarginalia
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
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#Bookhaul - what happens when I spend 6 hours @TheBookmarkPR 🤓🤷🏻‍♀️☺️

ReadingManda I'm reading Rich People Problems now! 7y
underthebelljar I'm excited for A Million Junes! 7y
BooksAtNight The Essex Serpent! I've been hearing everyone singing that book's praises, so I'm exited to hear what you think about it. 7y
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Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
Amor4Libros I just got Rich People Problems too! 7y
Gissy Ahhhh what a pleasure! 📚📚📚😍👌🏼 7y
jennifersmeth Magpie Murders is really good! 7y
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Ammar25
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz

When Dr. Charles Bird muttered, "poisoning, quite clearly poisoning," Corell's mind imagined colour, a beautiful blue, as if he wanted to paint over the naked fear inside.

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Ammar25
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
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Alan
Fall of Man in Wilmslow | David Lagercrantz
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What Melville does for whales Lagercrantz does for the mathematical and social underpinnings of modern computing. Also, there are spies.

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