The Philosophical Detective'S Last Case

The fabulist and detective who calls himself Jorge Luis Borges returns to New England for three final adventures, as recollected by his assistant Nick Martin almost fifty years later. Struggling with cognitive issues of his own, Nick recounts Borges's encounter with the conundrums of memory and identity in the amnesia ward of a Boston hospital, the perplexities of modern science at a conference of physicists in New Hampshire, and the ironies of fate at a media mogul's suburban mansion. As usual he infuriates the police, baffles the perpetrators, and astonishes the reader. Nick grapples with Schr?inger's cat, Don Quixote's Dulcinea, and the Buddhist sage Nagarjuna as he begins to grasp the message Borges has been trying to convey to him since they first met.Like its predecessors, The Philosophical Detective's Last Case is a lighthearted but deeply serious journey into the visionary world of a genius. This book completes the Philosophical Detective trilogy, comprising The Philosophical Detective, The Philosophical Detective Returns, and The Philosophical Detective's Last Case.

Author: Bruce Hartman

Publisher: Swallow Tail Press

Publication Date: May 06, 2023

Number of Pages: 219 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 099975646X

ISBN-13: 9780999756461