A Digital Kumquat — John Ward

In a stylish, luxurious, and rarified atmosphere, avant-garde weapons contractors market amazing, leaked CERN neutrino-beam technology to highest-level government officials - and in doing so also manage to introduce psycho-sexual methods and ideas well outside the boundaries of the commonplace or the expected, and with strange consequences. This is a highly upbeat adult form of fun-fiction but with an immensely serious undertone.A unique element is the subtle, nuanced betrayal of deep insider knowledge that is certain to shock some readers.Although very accessible, this book will particularly pique the experienced reader, who is often left sophistication-deprived and intellect-hungry throughout too many modern entertainments. It is ingenious, complicated, learned, full of shades of meaning and research, always pushing further...Ultimately, it is also a little scary, especially in those sections where it delivers very visceral sensations from the clever application of modern psychodynamic understandings - although seemingly, as it is here, from 'just' mere words and text.The concluding section containing the latest 'high' physics speculations injected into a fictional context of poker gambling, is absolutely stunning and required reading for any self-respecting professional gambler - and may well be of concern to not-a-few casino owners!