{"product_id":"men-in-space","title":"Men in Space","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMen in Space\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTom McCarthy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307388223\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eUpdated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e293\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe first novel written by Booker finalist Tom McCarthy--acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eRemainder \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMen in Space\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism. It follows an oddball cast--dissolute bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent, and a stranded astronaut--as they chase a stolen painting from Sofia to Prague and onward. Planting the themes that McCarthy's later works develop, here McCarthy questions the meaning of all kinds of space--physical, political, emotional, and metaphysical--as reflected in the characters' various disconnections. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an afterword by Simon Critchley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dead Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Men in Space | Tom McCarthy | Paperback | 9780307388223 | New | Fiction 1763862","offer_id":49384061370520,"sku":"1763862","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/812dk8WdOML.jpg?v=1783177701","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/men-in-space","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}