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Author | Alex Garland |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Viking Press (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
Publication date | 1998 (UK), 1999 (US) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 226 |
ISBN | 0-670-87016-1 |
OCLC | 40360022 |
The Tesseract is a novel by Alex Garland. It was initially published by Viking Press in 1998. [1] [2]
The story intertwines the lives of Manila gangsters, mothers and street children. The novel chronicles numerous characters in non-linear storylines and explores themes of love, fate, violence, power, and choices.
The book was adapted into a film, The Tesseract , which changed the setting to Bangkok. It was directed by Oxide Pang and starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Saskia Reeves.