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On a foggy Monday in 1986, the universe suddenly, without warning, bifurcated.
Fast-forward to 35 years later: Felix Sayers is a culinary writer living in San Francisco of Universe A who spends his days lunching at Coconut Café and dreaming of penning an Agatha Christie-style mystery. But everything changes when his Aunt Henrietta dies, leaving Felix a photograph which proves that he was born before the bifurcation, not after, as he had been told. He has an 'alter' in Universe B.
Panicked that his mystery novel may have been penned already by his alter, Felix crosses to San Francisco B and proceeds to flagrantly violate the rules of both worlds by snooping around his alter's life. But when he narrowly escapes a hit-and-run, it becomes clear that someone knows he's crossed over...and whoever it is isn't happy about it. Now Felix must uncover the truth about his alter, the events of one Monday, and a wayward rubber duck before his time in both worlds runs out.
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Felix Sayers has lived his entire life believing he was born six months after a brilliant scientist bifurcated the universe, creating Universe A, where Felix resides, and Universe B. When Felix's great-aunt leaves him a picture of himself as a baby, dated before the bifurcation of the universe, Felix realizes he has an alter living in Universe B. Afraid that the alter might already have written the mystery novel Felix has been contemplating penning, Felix decides to make a trip to Universe B. Though it's against regulations to contact his alter, Felix hires a private detective to investigate Felix B. But Felix soon finds himself under scrutiny when he's approached by a graduate student named Bean who suspects that Felix's own action as a baby may have caused the split between the universes. The smallest moment may matter, a character tells Felix when explaining the possibility of an infinite number of universes branching off from tiny, seemingly insignificant actions and decisions. Weaving together physics, philosophy, and wry humor, Maslakovic's inventive debut is a delight.--Huntley, Kristine Copyright 2010 Booklist
