Murmur

“<Murmur] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave….

—Guardian

“Murmur is a fully achieved literary experiment, digging deep into all the dimensions of human consciousness.”

—Goldsmiths Prize judge’s citation

“<Murmur] is masterful—compassionate, principled, and moving. It is deeply wise, with the aching loneliness of both human indignity and dignity, despair and courage.”

—Anne Michaels, author of Fugitive Pieces and All We Saw

“A really extraordinary book, unlike any other.”

—Max Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing. Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for “gross indecency with another male” and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing’s suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.

Literary Awards:

Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)

Goldsmiths Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018)

Republic of Consciousness Prize (2019)