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The End Of Mr. Y | 
 enlarge | Author: Scarlett Thomas
Publisher: Canongate Books
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 1816
Media: Paperback
Pages: 396
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1847670709
EAN: 9781847670700
ASIN: 1847670709
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 Possibly the best book I've ever read. October 5, 2008
James (Suffolk, UK.)
When I first saw this book I picked it up, open a random page and read one sentence, and then I was hooked.
Everything about this book is great but I think my favourite thing is that it is an intelligent book and that really draws you in.
I won't write a full review of this book as just about everything has been covered in other reviews, however I will urge you to give this book a go because if you like it, you will love it.
This makes you think about your very existence September 29, 2008
Lee A. Masterson (UK)
This book most certainly was not what I expected on reading the first chapter, this is no chick-lit novel to be skim read on a beach but an insight into philosophy which -if read slowly and in a quiet room - really makes sense.
For those of you who are fed up with cliche'd novels that have no substance or bearing on our own lives then this is one that makes you start to question the very essence of our being which at a time of rocky capitalism and the fruition of experiments designed to prove the 'Big Bang'theory is a welcome starting position.
For those reviewers who have decided this is far too complicated to read I think you should stick to Barbara Cartland and leave books like this to those who appreciate enlightenment and imagination over tedious office romances anyday.
 who could resist reading the cursed book? September 28, 2008
lushchica (edinburgh, scotland)
dont know anything about the author, except she has a really bad name..and cant deny it put me off slightly..but the book, well, sorry to disagree with another reviewer, but here i think you can tell the book by its cover. its stylish, has a good title, brilliant marketing, and its a bit mysterious. a little like the box in hellraiser, you want to pick this up and open it. its got some of my favourites..philosophy, religion, quantum physics and mind altering liquids, and how they all co-relate through language.
would i drink the drink and lie staring a the black spot...you bet!
wouldnt you?
Challenging...a book to get to grips with September 18, 2008
Phil Back (Tadcaster, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At last, a book that is both entertaining and stimulating. It's really very, very good. Well written, well defined central characters, fabulous but almost credible imagery and imagination. This is a very, very good book. Just don't expect to read it all in one sitting - your brain will explode.
Some fantastic writing September 6, 2008
DDH255
Defying classification- part thriller, part scientific/philosophical/ theological debate, this book intrigues and educates the reader as the main character, Ariel Manto, is tempted to enter the Troposphere, through which she can access the minds and understand the thoughts of others. This ability does not come without cost. The impoverished student soon finds herself on the run and depends on the kindness of a coulourful collection of characters for her salvation.
In my opinion, the book is delightful because, in spite of the fantastic elements, it is so firmly grounded in reality. The characters from the annoying office-mate Heather to the teenagers into whose minds Ariel jumps are depicted with such warmth that we can accept the more surreal elements of the plot. Yet the book also manages to incorporate debate about the nature and structure of reality.
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