Men in Space

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/07/2012
ISBN: 9780307388223
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/02/2012 pg. 59
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 28
Library Journal 02/15/2012 pg. 97
Shelf Awareness 02/17/2012
New Yorker (The) 02/27/2012 pg. 85
New York Times Book Review 02/26/2012 pg. 15
New York Times Book Review 03/04/2012 pg. 22