Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5993 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 396 pages

Review
"* 'Ingenious and original... A cracking good yarn, fizzing with intelligence' - Philip Pullman * 'A masterpiece... A brilliant, engaging story that makes you rethink the nature of existence and the true structure of the world' - Douglas Coupland * 'Destined to become a cult book' - Sunday Telegraph * 'Enormously ambitious and satisfying' - Time Out"

Sunday Times
'Thomas pulls off this intellectual rollercoaster of a novel with dry humour and panache'

Sunday Herald
'Enjoyable bunkum, as brainy as it is fantastical...Thomas has produced a contemporary fantasy novel worth reading.'