{"product_id":"ramifications-by-daniel-saldana-paris","title":"Ramifications by Daniel Saldana Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSex, lies, and scientific history collide in 1993 Havana. It was as if we’d reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That’s how low we sank. The year is 1993.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, this is Year Zero: the lowest possible point. But a way out appears: the search for a missing document that will prove the telephone was invented in Havana, secure her reputation, and give Cuba a purpose once more. What begins as an investigation into scientific history becomes a tangle of sex, friendship, family legacies, and the intricacies of how people find ways to survive in a country at its lowest ebb.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 13 Oct 2020, Charco Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781999368470\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 197 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57079252681086,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/ramifications.webp?v=1773325281","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/ramifications-by-daniel-saldana-paris","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}