Imagine a world where people look beyond your skin colour, your gender, your education, your income. Wouldn’t that be great? Now imagine all those elements contained within the Number, a number that tells others whether to date, employ, collaborate with, bankroll or even be in the same room as you. Like it or not, NumberCorp’s Number will do that.

Told as part biography of Julius Common, NumberCorp’s founder and CEO, and autobiographically by Patrick Udo, who works in NumberCorp’s Communications, the reader is introduced to an idea that is a fiction—but for how long?

Wijeratne captures the fervour of a technology start-up. He describes how the values on which a company are founded aren’t always those that will support its growth and evolution. I found this as insightful as the idea of the Number itself.

There is a great twist toward the end of this story, which I didn’t see coming. At first, I got the feeling that the story ended with a jolt. But there’s an appendix and epilogue that nicely tie everything together.

I’m looking forward to reading Mr Wijeratne’s next book.

Image: Amazon.com, 23-Oct-17

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