The Promise Lawrence Down a quiet backstreet in

Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant

Now grief-stricken Lucky has a major problem: he may very well be mad

Benjamín Labatut weaves von Neumann's story together with the crises in physics at the beginning of the twentieth century and humanity's showdown with artificial intelligence a hundred years later

and the enduring power of love

ISBN: 9780099528593

The Promise Lawrence Down a quiet backstreet in**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021** Discover the powerful prizewinning story of a family in crisis. 'Astonishing' Colm Toibin The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. After years