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Brilliance
Two star-studded Hollywood movie productions about Thomas Edison are in preparation, one starring Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl), the other one Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, Salt and Fire).
A spark of genius, a Faustian pact, two destinies: Thomas Edison and his banker J.P. Morgan.
Two geniuses in a historical thriller on money, corruption and murder.
Brilliance is the story of two very different men who together were destined to change the world.
One of them brought light into the dark, while the other was a financial genius. But whereas J. P. Morgan left the relationship as the richest man in the world, Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, allowed himself to be seduced by the sparkling world of his business partner and not only risked his creative powers but also the well-being of his soul.
368 pages
2017
978-3-257-06994-5
World rights are handled by Diogenes
(except English rights)
»You can be sure that Brilliance will appear at a screen near you. In the meantime, read.«
»Set against a backdrop of the eccentric Edison and his strange diets and marriages. [...] It leaves you wondering what is fact and what is fiction.«
»A great novel. The story about light becomes a parable on the dark sides of progress. Strong stuff.«
»Anthony McCarten’s Brilliance becomes a cautionary tale about a chapter of human history as glorious as it was repellent.«
»An engrossing history lesson.«
»Time and time again McCarten proves himself to be an accomplished master of suspense, positioning characters in ways that let large conflicts break out in small ways.«