Prisoner's Dilemma: From the twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author
Feb 2026 · Random House
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'Accomplished ... mature and assured ... A major American novelist' New Republic
Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, occasional history teacher, quiz master, black humourist, and master invalid, is facing a mysterious ailment. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and his ingrained aversion to doctors leaves his worried family scrambling to uncover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, Eddie secretly works on a project he calls ‘Hobbstown’, a place he believes will not only save him but the world.
A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner’s Dilemma explores the profound power of individual experience and the lengths to which one man will go to protect those he loves and his vision for a better world.
'Accomplished ... mature and assured ... A major American novelist' New Republic
Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, occasional history teacher, quiz master, black humourist, and master invalid, is facing a mysterious ailment. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and his ingrained aversion...
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About the author
Richard Powers has published fourteen novels, four of which have been nominated for the Booker Prize. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award for The Echo Maker and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Richard Powers has published fourteen novels, four of which have been nominated for the Booker Prize. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award for The Echo Maker and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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