by Anthony McCarten · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846880353
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«Spinners» is a science fiction novel by Anthony McCarten, published by Alma Books in paperback (280 pages, in English).
In Opunake, a town in New Zealand, Delia, a slaughterhouse worker, claims to have been abducted by aliens. The appearance of a dead cow in the middle of a circle in a crop field triggers a media phenomenon. When Phillip Sullivan, an ex-soldier who dreams of reopening the local library, falls in love with her, secrets come to light.
The work was originally published in New Zealand in 1998 and in London in 1999; the present edition is from 2008.
For readers of literary fiction who appreciate rural stories with a touch of humour and mystery.
Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing big-budget biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Two Popes (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). McCarten has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including twice for Best Adapted Screenplay, for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.
