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The MANIAC

The MANIAC

Benjamín Labatut · 2023 · 361 pages

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The MANIAC is a 2023 novel by Chilean author Benjamín Labatut, written in English. It is a fictionalised biography of polymath John von Neumann, whom Labatut calls "the smartest human being of the 20th century".

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