Men in Space

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Literary, Mystery & Suspense
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Author: Tom McCarthy ISBN: 9780307947659
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: February 7, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Tom McCarthy
ISBN: 9780307947659
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: February 7, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

The first novel written by Booker finalist Tom McCarthy—acclaimed author of Remainder and CMen in Space is set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism. It follows an oddball cast—dissolute bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent, and a stranded astronaut—as they chase a stolen painting from Sofia to Prague and onward. Planting the themes that McCarthy’s later works develop, here McCarthy questions the meaning of all kinds of space—physical, political, emotional, and metaphysical—as reflected in the characters’ various disconnections. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration.

With an afterword by Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers

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The first novel written by Booker finalist Tom McCarthy—acclaimed author of Remainder and CMen in Space is set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism. It follows an oddball cast—dissolute bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent, and a stranded astronaut—as they chase a stolen painting from Sofia to Prague and onward. Planting the themes that McCarthy’s later works develop, here McCarthy questions the meaning of all kinds of space—physical, political, emotional, and metaphysical—as reflected in the characters’ various disconnections. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration.

With an afterword by Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers

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