false 1640103 113980 93436 0156031612 9780156031615 185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171254475m/93436.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171254475s/93436.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93436.The_End_of_Mr_Y 3.80 844 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. </div><div> </div><div>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? </div><div> </div><div>With The End of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas brings us another fast-paced mix of popular culture, love, mystery, and irresistible philosophical adventure. </div>]]> 53597 3.76 1883 433 2006 2 6 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 03 21:41:47 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:39:35 -0800 2009 PopCo, I found this both fascinating and frustrating. Thomas definitely achieves something really special with her ability to make her writing intensely cerebral (some of my favorite parts of Mr. Y were the digressions into quantum physics and other brain-stretching topics) while at th...more...]]>