{"product_id":"the-end-of-mr-y-paperback","title":"The End of Mr. Y - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScarlett Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cursed book sends a young woman on a philosophical journey through an alternate dimension in this \"stylish and dizzying\" novel by the author of \u003cem\u003ePopCo\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraduate student Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists--especially Thomas Lumas, the mysterious author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Mr. Y\u003c\/em\u003e, a book no one alive has read. When she uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel goes down an interdimensional rabbit hole of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between. And to make matters worse, the CIA is onto her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFollowing in Mr. Y's footsteps, Ariel swallows a tincture, stares into a black dot, and is transported into the Troposphere: a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. There she begins to understand all the mysteries surrounding the book, herself, and the universe. Or is it all just a hallucination?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIngenious and original. A cracking good yarn, fizzing with intelligence. -- Philip Pullman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you knew this book was cursed, would you read it? \u003cbr\u003eWhen Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Mr. Y\u003c\/i\u003e in a second-hand bookstore, she can t believe her eyes. Copies are exceedingly rare, and everyone who has ever read it including its author, Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas-- has disappeared. \u003cbr\u003eAriel can t resist the promise in the book s history and its pages, and so steps into a thrilling adventure of time, space, love, death, and everything in between. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Smart [and] stylish.\" -- \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enormously ambitious and satisfying. It overflows with love for books not just as beautiful artefacts and repositories of secret knowledge, but as gateways into parallel universes.\" -- Time Out London \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScarlett Thomas is the author of \u003ci\u003eBright Young Things, Going Out, PopCo, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOur Tragic Universe\u003c\/i\u003e. ------ORIGINAL 2006 EDITIONIf you knew this book were cursed, would you read it?\u003cbr\u003e Ariel Manto has a fascination with \u003ci\u003eThe End of Mr. Y, \u003c\/i\u003e a book no one alive has read maybe because it's cursed and everyone related to it (the author; various book collectors; Ariel s doctoral advisor, Saul Burlem) disappears. But suddenly she discovers a rare copy in a used bookstore. Following in Mr. Y s footsteps, she falls into a trance and steps into the Troposphere a wonderland of an alternate dimension where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. And so Ariel launches into a heart-racing, brain-teasing, time-twisting adventure of science, faith, consciousness, death, and everything in between. \u003cbr\u003e But what about the curse? Did Burlem read \u003ci\u003eMr. Y\u003c\/i\u003e just before he vanished? Did these scary men in gray suits have anything to do with it? And now that Ariel understands the Troposphere--and her place in it will she be able to save the world and still go back to it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCARLETT THOMAS \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003ePopCo. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was named one of the twenty best young British writers by the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003ein 2001 and Writer of the Year at the 2002 \u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003eStyle Awards. She teaches writing at the University of Kent and lives in Canterbury. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519370326323,"sku":"9780156031615","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZytoVzJPNFN4bmswbkJDeU83NjNDQT09.webp?v=1760496803","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-end-of-mr-y-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}