| Men in Space Contributor(s): McCarthy, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307388220 ISBN-13: 9780307388223 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011042431 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first novel written by Booker finalist Tom McCarthy--acclaimed author of Remainder and C--Men 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 |