Julius Taranto's wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut novel a young physicist
finds herself exiled to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to ?cancelled'
artists and academics Helen a graduate student on a quest to save the planet is one of the
best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor's student sex scandal is
exposed she must choose whether to give up on her work or accompany him to RIP a research
institute which grants safe harbour to the disgraced and the deplorable. As Helen settles into
life at the institute alongside her partner Hew she develops a crush on an older novelist
while he is drawn to an increasingly violent protest movement. As the rift between them deepens
they both face major - and potentially world-altering - choices. Hilarious provocative and
thought-provoking How I Won A Nobel Prize approaches our moral confusion in a genuine and
fresh way examining the price we're willing to pay for progress and what it means in the end
to be a good person.
