When Billy Twillig a genius adolescent wins the first Nobel Prize ever to be given in mathematics he is recruited to live and work in the company of thirty Nobel laureates in obscurity underground. There away from the rest of the world this panel of estranged demented and lovable scientists work together on a secret scientific project: deciphering a mysterious transmission received from outer space from just near Ratners Star.Written in Don DeLillos characteristically mesmerizing prose Ratners Star is a brilliantly observed funny and deeply thought-provoking novel which explores the mysterious mind-blowing mathematical world of the future. Read more