Alma Books
Available: 09/05/07
5.25 x 8.43 · 300 pages
978-1-84688-033-9 CDN $29.95 · cl

Men in Space

Tom McCarthy

Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism, Men in Space follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents, assassins and stranded astronauts as they chase a stolen icon from Sofia to Prague and beyond. The icon’s melancholy orbit is reflected in the characters’ ellipses through all kinds of space—physical, political, emotional and metaphysical—producing a vision of humanity adrift in history and a world in a state of disintegration.

“McCarthy’s prose is precise and unpretentious.” (Independent)

“A writer with ideas and talent.” (Guardian)

TOM McCARTHY (London) was born in 1969 and is known for the reports, manifestos and media interventions he has made as general secretary of the International Necronautical Society (INS), a semi-fictitious avant-garde network. He is the author of Tintin and the Secret of Literature.