- Literature, Fiction, Scientists, Scientists in fiction
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the eccentric Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself swept into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.
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Grave, plot-driven, relentless and open-ended.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Scarlett Thomas
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Canongate Books, Harcourt, Canongate
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788375084030
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