Bibliograph

The end of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas

Type

Label

The end of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

810L, Lexile

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The end of Mr. Y

Responsibility statement

Scarlett Thomas

Summary

A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere? Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists--especially Thomas Lumas and "The End of Mr. Y, "a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel is launched into an adventure of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between. Seeking answers, Ariel follows in Mr. Y's footsteps: She 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?

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

End of Mister Y

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