Cryptonomicon is a huge book about the science of information flows and
cryptography. It’s also a rattling good adventure story, tracing the efforts of
cryptanalysts during the Second World War, and some modern entrepreneurs trying
to make money out of international Internet links. Published by Heinemann,
£12.99, ISBN 0434008834.
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