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Item number:290359565340
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Author: Scarlett ThomasFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner BooksEdition: 1
ISBN-10: 0156031612ISBN-13: 9780156031615
Subject: HumorPublication Year: 2006
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Language: EnglishCondition: Good
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THE END OF MR. Y is final proof that Scarlett Thomas has left the "New Puritan" manifesto behind her: in 2000 she was part of the British collective of writers that pledged to write straight-forward realistic fiction, but in this novel Thomas embarks on a dizzying postmodern romp. Her protagonist, Ariel Manto, is a literature student well-versed in Derrida and Heidegger, and loves books as an escape from her dysfunctional life which includes an affair with a married professor. When she finds a rare text she discovers how to enter a dimension called the Troposphere which acts as a connection between people's consciousnesses. However there are people who don't want her to gain access to this new plane of existence, and before she knows it a building has collapsed and her thesis advisor has disappeared. Soon Thomas's heady novel has plunged into a twisting caper filled with semiotics, puns (including the title), and CIA spooks. The novel does a precarious balancing act between intellectualism and good old-fashioned thriller.

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Length:402 pages
Height:8.0 in.
Width:5.3 in.
Thickness:1.0 in.
Weight:13.6 oz.

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Discovering a copy of a mysterious book reputed to be unread by anyone presently alive, Ariel Manto, a young woman harboring a fascination for nineteenth-century scientists, finds herself transported into a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. By the author of PopCo. Original.

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"Thomas writes with marvelous panache....[S]he spins Derrida and subatomic theory into a wholly enchanting alternate universe that should appeal to a wide popular audience."
 (10/29/2006)

"Perhaps the most pleasing thing about this book is that just when you think it's settling in to be one kind of novel, it saunters off in another direction entirely."
 (01/18/2007)

"THE END OF MR. Y is a scintillating novel....The energy of the prose...and the gleeful open-endedness of its debates may remind readers of John Fowles THE MAGUS."
 (08/03/2007)


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Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0156031612
Title : The End of Mr. Y
EAN : 9780156031615
Authors : Scarlett Thomas
Binding : Paperback
Publisher : Harvest Books
Publication Date : 2006-10-02
Pages : 416
List Price (MSRP) : 14.00
Height : 1.1000 inches
Width : 5.3000 inches
Length : 7.8000 inches
Weight : 0.8000 pounds
Keywords : General AAS, Metaphysical, Visionary Fiction, Paperback, Printed Books
Condition : Good
Classification Notes : All new inventory received to basement

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