Science fiction · Historical · Thriller
Cryptonomicon
Two timelines follow a codebreaker in the Second World War and his grandson, a computer expert, in the dot-com era. Both are tied to a hidden fortune and a plan to build a secure data haven.
- First published
- 1999
- Pace
- Slow
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 1152
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you enjoy very long, nerdy novels full of cryptography, history and digressions, with dry humour.
Skip this if you want a tight plot, since it wanders widely and takes its time.
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