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The End of Mr. Y
Graduate student Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists--especially Thomas Lumas, the mysterious author of The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel goes down an interdimensional rabbit hole of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between. And to make matters worse, the CIA is onto her.
Following in Mr. Y's footsteps, Ariel swallows a tincture, stares into a black dot, and is transported into the Troposphere: a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. There she begins to understand all the mysteries surrounding the book, herself, and the universe. Or is it all just a hallucination?
Book Details
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Publish Date: Oct 2nd, 2006
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.28in - 1.05in - 0.84lb
- EAN: 9780156031615
- Categories: • Visionary & Metaphysical• Thrillers - Suspense• Action & Adventure
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What people are saying
Gretchen Rubin is an author, podcaster and expert on habits, happiness and human nature.
I’m a huge fan of the work of Scarlett Thomas, so I was so happy to learn that she has a new memoir, “41-Love”. If you want to read one of her novels, I recommend starting with “PopCo” or “The End of Mr. Y.” https://t.co/sqYuPneWJF
Award-winning author of neo-noir THE LAWN JOB and story collection THE MEANING OF BLOOD AND OTHER TALES OF PERVERSITY. Scholar of Poe and Gothic Lit.
@ambernoelle @thomaspluck Here’s a few. The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère. And, The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas. Also, Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker. All three are weird and wonderful.
Praise for this book
PRAISE FOR POPCO
"You might say that Thomas has redefined activism for the Digital Age. Inspired by a venerable tradition, she achieves here a scope and a passion to match the intelligence and empathy her fiction has always had."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Enough code-breaking tips, puzzles and graphs, charts, postscripts and appendixes to satisfy that other mathematician storyteller, Lewis Carroll. "-The New York Times Book Review "An exciting story with a fantastical twist, dive into the world of Ariel Manto and The End of Mr. Y." - armchairinterviews.com "Not only will you have a great time reading this book, but you will finish it a cleverer person." - Jonathan Coe "[A] journey of wonder and danger. Delicious cross-genre literay picnic, breezy and fiercely intelligent, reminiscent of Haruki Murakami." - Kirkus "A combination of postmodern philosophy and physics, spine-tingling science fiction, clever, unexpected narrative twists, and engaging characters." - Library Journal "[S]mart, stylish and dizzying... Consider 'The End of Mr. Y' an accomplished, impressive thought experiment for the 21st Century." - New York Times Book Review "Literary manna for would-be philosophy nerds. There are little, 100-percent-literary sugar plums to be found in its pages." - Salon.com "Exhilarating. A compulsively absorbing thriller. Mr. Y burorrws into the reader's brain, stoking a desire for real-world exploration." - Time Out New York
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What people are saying
Gretchen Rubin is an author, podcaster and expert on habits, happiness and human nature.
I’m a huge fan of the work of Scarlett Thomas, so I was so happy to learn that she has a new memoir, “41-Love”. If you want to read one of her novels, I recommend starting with “PopCo” or “The End of Mr. Y.” https://t.co/sqYuPneWJF
Award-winning author of neo-noir THE LAWN JOB and story collection THE MEANING OF BLOOD AND OTHER TALES OF PERVERSITY. Scholar of Poe and Gothic Lit.
@ambernoelle @thomaspluck Here’s a few. The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère. And, The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas. Also, Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker. All three are weird and wonderful.