The End of Mr Y

The End of Mr Y

by ScarlettThomas (Author)

Synopsis

When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of "The End of Mr Y" in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She's read about its author before, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, and this is his most notorious, and rarest, book. It is also believed to hold a curse. Anyone who's ever read it, including Lumas, has disappeared without trace.With "Mr Y" under her arm, Ariel is thrust into an adventure of faith, physics, love, death, and everything in between.Part gothic mystery, part time-travelling love story, "The End of Mr Y" lies somewhere between "Shadow of the Wind" and "Dr Who". Scarlett Thomas sends us on a wild and irresistible quest into our deepest selves and our biggest questions.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 452
Edition: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 20 Jul 2007

ISBN 10: 1847671179
ISBN 13: 9781847671172

Media Reviews
Ingenious and original . . . A cracking good yarn, fizzing with intelligence -- Philip Pullman
Smart, stylish and dizzying * * The Scotsman * *
Enormously ambitious and satisfying * * Time Out * *
Thomas pulls off this intellectual rollercoaster of a novel with dry humour and panache, the ideas sparkle and the protagonist is wryly appealing. * * The Sunday Times * *
Author Bio
Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her other novels include Bright Young Things, Going Out and The End of Mr.Y, which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.