New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - The twelfth novel by this award winning writer (including the Booker twice). In London in 2010, a researcher, dealing with the death of her long-time lover, is given a project of bringing a 200 year old automaton back to life, and in uncovers a series of notebooks from the original owner, Henry Brandling. A story that spans the en. ISBN: 978-0307592712.