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Publisher: Canongate

Author: Scarlett Thomas

ISBN: 9781786899163

Year: 2006

Format: Paperback

Fiction, Fantasy

The End of Mr. Y by
Scarlett Thomas

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$ 330.00 mxn

The End of Mr. Y by

Scarlett Thomas

Reviews

"A breakneck thriller of a plot… Entertainingly, mind-bendingly weird… Thomas writes with marvellous panache… An accomplished, impressive thought experiment for the 21st century."

New York Times

Summary

If you knew a book was cursed, would you read it?

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 outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.

With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.

Our Tragic Universe by

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