false 73285593 164645 2460471 1846880564 9781846880568 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258201372m/2460471.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258201372s/2460471.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2460471.Men_in_Space 5.00 1 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 painting from Sofia to Prague and beyond. The icon’s melancholy orbit is reflected in the various characters’ ellipses and near misses as they career vertiginously through all kinds of space: physical, political, emotional, and metaphysical. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration.]]> 30757 3.38 990 255 2007 5 0 false Fri Oct 23 15:40:17 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 05:08:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 15:40:17 -0700 2009