Men in Space

By Tom McCarthy

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307388220
• ISBN13: 9780307388223
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"