Two-time Booker Prize winner (and that’s a phrase that applies to only three writers) Peter Carey found a timely topic for his new book, Amnesia ($29.95, Random House): cybercrime. A possibly politically motivated hacker unleashes a virus that opens American prisons, releasing thousands of convicts. Through the eyes of Felix, a journalist on the brink of professional oblivion, Carey explores the hacker’s attempts to escape conviction, the vulnerability of the internet and what it takes for a journo to reinvigorate his career. Carey talks about the novel on Thursday (January 22) at the Reference Library. See Readings.
