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Can I read The Coincidence Engine on EtoBox?
The Coincidence Engine by Samuel Leith is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Coincidence Engine about?
A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and in, the back-country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean-cans and junkyard waste. An eccentric mathematician - last heard of investigating the physics of free will and ranting about the devil - vanishes in the French Pyrenees. And the thuggish operatives of a multinational arms conglomerate are closing in on Alex Smart - a harmless Cambridge postgraduate who has set off with hope in his heart and a ring in his pocket to ask his American girlfriend to marry him. At the Directorate of the Extremely Improbable - an organisation so secret that many of its operatives aren't 100 per cent sure it exists - Red Queen takes an interest. What ensues is a chaotic chase across an imaginary America, haunted by madness, murder, mistaken identity, and a very large number of unhealthy but delicious snacks. The Coincidence Engine exists. And it has started to work. "The Coincidence Engine" is consistently engaging - one of the most enjoyable, entertaining debut novels you'll come across for ages.
Who reads The Coincidence Engine?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Samuel Leith
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury UK
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781408802342
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Travel
- Rating
- 3.01 / 5 (232 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14