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      The End of Mr. Y

      by Scarlett Thomas
      Published
      Oct 2006
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      416
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      About This Book

      A cursed book sends a young woman on a philosophical journey through an alternate dimension in this "stylish and dizzying" novel by the author of PopCo (The New York Times).

       


      Graduate student Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists—especially Thomas Lumas, the mysterious author of The End of Mr. Y, 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.


       


      Following 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?

      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Fantasy

      Themes

      Visionary & Metaphysical

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      First Edition Oct 2006 Harvest ISBN13 9780156031615 ISBN10 0156031612
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      Jan 2008 Canongate Books Ltd. ISBN13 9781847672292 ISBN10 1847672299
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      Jun 2008 Canongate Books Ltd Country = UNITED KINGDOM ISBN13 9781847670700 ISBN10 1847670709
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      Apr 2016 Canongate Books Ltd ISBN13 9781782117704 ISBN10 1782117709
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      Apr 2021 Canongate Books Ltd ISBN13 9781786899163 ISBN10 1786899167
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      Oct 2006 Harcourt ISBN13 9780547539232 ISBN10 0547539231
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      Oct 2006 Houghton Mifflin ISBN10 B003WJQ6BS
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      Nov 2019 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B07Z9MJTLF
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