“Don’t go into the water!”... A Greek island with 126 survivors, a deadly fog that has surrounded it for nearly a century and a race against time to solve the murder of one of the scientists who had been keeping the place safe following the destruction of the whole world. This is the post-apocalyptic setting for the new thriller by British author Stuart Turton, who popped into the first edition of the 42 Festival with The Devil and the Deep Water and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. His latest work is a brilliant genre creation that reinvents locked-room crime with science-fiction codes, climate punk, and an artificial intelligence that is also the omniscient narrator. It also creates a utopian microcosm, full of allegories about peace and violence, and a puzzle that will delight fans of crime novels and speculative fiction alike. Accompanied by the best possible detective, namely the 42 Festival’s genre specialist Leticia Lara, Turton will talk about the fusions that have made him so successful, with many of his works constantly in the running to be adapted for the screen.

Guest:

Stuart Turton

Moderator:

Leticia Lara

*Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish available