Spook Country

Spook Country is the second novel in William Gibson’s Blue Ant Trilogy. The story follows Hollis Henry, a former musician now working as a journalist, who is assigned to report on locative art, a form of GPS-based installation that overlays digital images onto physical locations. Her work brings her into contact with Tito, a young Cuban-Chinese operative whose extended family practices a quiet and highly specialized form of tradecraft, and who is tasked with carrying out a series of cryptic errands for an unseen handler.

Set in a United States shaped by post-9/11 surveillance and covert power, the novel follows Hollis and Tito as they move through a landscape of encrypted communication, informal networks, and emerging technologies embedded within everyday life. As their paths gradually converge, Gibson depicts a world shaped by the strategic use of information and location, and where authority operates most effectively when it remains in the shadows.

Signed review copy. This advance review copy is signed by Gibson, with folded publicity sheets laid in and the gold “Autographed for University Bookstore” sticker on the jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Putnam, 2007. British Science Fiction Award nominee (2007). Locus Award nominee (2008). ISBN: 9780399154300. #10172.
Fine in fine dust jacket.