By Light Alone

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In the future, hunger is a thing of the past—unless you choose to be hungry. The new novel from the author of Yellow Blue Tibia and Swiftly.In a world where people have been genetically engineered so that they can photosynthesize sunlight with their hair, hunger is a thing of the past, and food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, while the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by still eating. But other hungers remain. The young daughter of an affluent New York family is kidnapped. But the ransom demands are refused. A year later a young woman arrives at the family home claiming to be their long lost daughter. She has changed so much, she has lived on light, can anyone be sure that she has come home? Adam Roberts' new novel is yet another amazing melding of startling ideas and beautiful prose. Set in a New York of the future it nevertheless has echoes of a Fitzgeraldesque affluence and art-deco style. It charts his further progress as one of the most important writers of his generation.