Questions About The Fear Index

by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author)

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Gustambro It didn’t try to kill him, all it did was to entice fear in order to better study it. The trick with the gallery is probably to push his wife further …moreIt didn’t try to kill him, all it did was to entice fear in order to better study it. The trick with the gallery is probably to push his wife further away in order to make Alex more desperate as Gabrielle was the only person that made him ‘sane’(less)

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Who texts Alex the address of the intruder when Alex is following him? Was it VIXAL? If yes, why?

Gustambro Alex was a research project to VIXAL, on the subject of fear, with the intention to better improve its algorithms

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