The Gold Bug Variations

<p><b>An enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>The Overstory</i></b><br><br>Stuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes ¿ social, moral, musical, spiritual ¿ and he falls in love with a member of his research team.<br><br>Years later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different mystery ¿ why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science?<br><br>Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.<br><br><b>¿A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth¿ <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p>