Enigma (novel)

Enigma
First UK edition
AuthorRobert Harris
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
Set inWorld War II
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
4 September 1995
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback)
ISBN0091779235 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC32626914

Enigma is a 1995 novel by Robert Harris about Tom Jericho, a young mathematician trying to break the Germans' "Enigma" ciphers during World War II.[1] Jericho is stationed in Bletchley Park, the British cryptology central office, and is worked to the point of physical and mental exhaustion. The book was adapted to film in 2001.