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In the Austrian state of Styria lies the Helianau Institute, a
boarding school for children born with a mysterious condition known
as Indigo syndrome. Anyone who comes near them immediately suffers
from nausea and vertigo. Clemens Setz-a fictionalized doppelganger
of the author-is a young math teacher who loses his job at the
school after attempting to investigate the mysterious "relocations"
of several children. Fourteen years later, Robert, a former
student, discovers a newspaper article about Setz's acquittal for
the murder of an animal abuser. Could there be a connection between
this story, which continues to haunt Robert, and the puzzling
events of the past? DeLillo-esque in its exploration of alienation
and anxiety, Indigo weaves together bizarre historical anecdotes,
such as Edison's electrocution of an elephant, with pop cultural
marginalia and pseudoscience to create a "literary work that makes
its own laws . . . rich in dialogue and variety, amusing and
anecdotal, but also brutal and unfathomable" (Der Spiegel).
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