The Invention of Everything Else: A Novel

By: Samantha Hunt

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Synopsis: Nikola Tesla spends the last days of his extraordinary life at the Hotel New Yorker &“in this surreal historical novel [that] dazzles in the details&” (The New Yorker). It is 1943, and legendary inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Broke, forgotten, and suffering from a weak heart, his only consolations are his memories and his daily walks to Bryant Park. Louisa, a young hotel chambermaid, is determined to befriend him. And as she helps him on his daily walks, she wins his affection through a shared love of pigeons. Little by little, he confides in her the tragic and tremendous story of his life. Meanwhile, Louisa&’s father is embarking on an unlikely mission to travel back in time to find his beloved late wife. A &“sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote,&” The Invention of Everything Else is both a heartfelt story of love and death and an homage to one of history's most visionary scientists (Elle).