How I Won A Nobel Prize

In Julius Taranto`s wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut novel, a young physicist follows her mentor to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to `cancelled` artists and academics. Helen, a graduate student on a quest to save the planet, is one of the best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor`s student sex scandal is exposed, she must choose whether to give up on her work or accompany him to RIP, a research institute which grants safe harbour to the disgraced and the deplorable. As Helen settles into life at the institute alongside her partner Hew, she develops a crush on an older novelist, while he is drawn to an increasingly violent protest movement. As the rift between them deepens, they both face major - and potentially world-altering - choices. Hilarious, provocative and thought-provoking, How I Won A Nobel Prize approaches the issues of our times in a genuine and fresh way, examining the price we`re willing to pay for progress and what it means, in the end, to be a good person.