The Anomaly, Le Tellier - B

           This highly-acclaimed French novel is an international bestseller and winner of the Goncourt Prize. An Air France Paris to JFK flight takes off, experiences severe turbulence over Nova Scotia and lands at Macguire AFB in NJ - 106 days after it has taken off. Th original flight faced the same turbulence, landed on time and all 243 people on board have moved on with their lives. Unsure of what it all means, the US releases everyone and offers the late arrivals a chance to enter witness protection and establish a new life. As a third Air France 006 approaches the US mainland a few months later, the US blows it out of the sky. The Times reviewer posed a question or two: "Is it science fiction dressed up as philosophy? Metaphysics disguised as a high-concept thriller?" I for one have no idea.