*Bloomsbury has so far steered clear of the vogue for graphic novels, but this week paid a good sum for, potentially, the genre's Sophie's World. Logicomix, written by the polymathic Greek novelist Apostolos Doxiadis and Berkeley computer scientist Christos H Papadimitriou, begins in Athens but then, via Bertrand Russell, tells the story of the revolutions in logic and maths that led to modern computing. Agent Clare Conville describes it as an "engaging human story" and an "intellectual thriller". It also features a memorable dog, Manga.

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