GATACA, Frank Thilliez

This is the best novel that I've ever read. I have to say that I am not fond of reading but this book, because it is related with themes of Biology, I found it very interesting and pleasant to read. GATACA, together with "La Síndrome E", are two novels that complement each other very well, and it worth to read both of them (although I only read GATACA). 

The novels narrate different topics but it is important to know first both main chacracters: Lucie Hennebelle and Franck Sharko, both already on " La Síndrome E". Before reading the book, I looked for some information about Lucie and Franck and what they had in common. Both novels are about different topycs but if you only read GATACA, the characters are related and they know each other, and without this information, you can't understand the plot at all. Anyway, it is very advisable to read GATACA, I like it a lot and prove to me that the science I like the most is Biology.

GATACA narrates some murders, that apparently the have no connection between them, but during the research, all the loose ends fall into place. The first murder is just at the beginning of the book. An infanticide is murdered in his car. Then, during the investigation of this man, there is found the body of a biology student in the cage of a chimpanzee, that it seemed to be killed by one of the animals, in the center where she was preparing her thesis about laterality (the preference to use one side more than the other in humans and animals). Afterwards, while Lucie was in a crack on the top of a mountain, she found a Neanderthal family that was killed by a Cro-Magnon. Grégory Carnot, a child murderer, was found dead in his cell (he committed suicide). And finally, a doctor who studies genetics is brutally murdered in his home, in presence of an autistic boy.

Both characters are completely shattered by the terrifying events that they've experienced in the past ("La Síndrome E"), but they follow the tracks of the murders and solve the case. 

Anybody can imagine why the murderer did these horrible things and how is related with all the tracks of the case until you read the book. Laterality, inverted pictures, the unknown gene of the violence, the victims.... What did the have in common?

**For those who have any knowledge about Biology, the title of the book is related with the four nucleotides the compose a DNA sequence: G (guanina), A (adenina), T (timina), C (citosina).

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