Dominique Smith is one of America's most promising young writers, making his debut in 2006 with The Quicksilver Visions of Louis Daguerre (about the French inventor and creator of photography). A Beautiful Variety is Dominic Smith's second novel. It is not easy for a child to live in the world if his father is a genius. But it’s even harder if a genius father wants to make his son a genius, and the son is an ordinary schoolboy who does not have any special talents. This is what happens to Nathan Nelson, the son of a famous nuclear physicist, five minutes later, a Nobel laureate. The rebellion of a teenager, his struggle with parental care, the search for his own path - for the time being, all Nagan’s efforts turn out to be in vain. But then the day comes when the boy gets into a car accident. After experiencing clinical death, Nathan discovers extraordinary abilities. Now he is also a genius, but not the kind his father would like to see: the nature of his son’s talent is mysterious to his father and requires a rational explanation. How will the relationship between father and son end?