Simon: The Genius in my Basement

by Alexander Masters

Book Overview

From the author of 'Stuart: A Life Backwards'; a warm and witty portrait of a harmless, eccentric, bona fide genius.

Alexander Master's landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bags, Simon eats endless meals of tinned kippers and plans trips on the Cambridge public transport system.

But Simon was one of the greatest mathematical prodigies of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007243391
• ISBN13: 9780007243396
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"