While Joshua Cohen’s Book Of Numbers may not be as long as his last novel Witz–this one’s nearly 600 pages compared to the latter’s 800–it’s equally as dense and intricately plotted. And just like Witz, this is a novel that both lives and dies by its density. It’s a book filled with information, detail, intellect, humor, and yes, numbers. There’s something remarkable about the way Cohen brings the complex nature of technology to life, but there are also many times when he staggers, when the tech-heavy lingo and ultra-detailed prose obscures the humanity at the heart of the novel.
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