Explorers of the New Century Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Magnus Mills
Set in the era of Shackleton, Perry, and Amundsen, this novel tells the story of two teams racing across a nameless frozen expanse, each seeking to be the first to reach the Agreed Furthest Point (AFP)--the South Pole, or the top of Everest, or deepest cave.
Summary
Mills burst on the literary scene a decade ago with The Restraint of Beasts, a novel Thomas Pynchon called a "demented, deadpan-comic wonder." This new work proves that he has become a master storyteller whose books are each "as welcome as a warm bus on a rainy day" (The Oregonian).
From the rear cover
Daily we stumble over shale and flint, toiling onwards in the vague belief that at some distant time and place we ll see the sun rise again; and that spreading before us will be vast, hospitable ranges where the mules may finally be turned loose.
At the dawn of a great age of exploration closely resembling that of Shackleton and Perry and Scott two teams of explorers set off through an arid, lifeless landscape. Both are vying to reach the Agreed Furthest Point, or AFP, first: One team takes the western route across seemingly endless rocky scree; the other negotiates a dry riverbed. And both rely heavily on their mules for survival. The burden of that dependency bears a price.
Magnus Mills s new novel proves he has no equal in his mastery of the dark-comic fable. In prose whose genius lies in its very matter-of-factness, ominousness grows with every step the intrepid explorers take. Every decision feels fateful; every mistake potentially fatal. Yet the white-knuckle drama of the race to reach the AFP pales in comparison to the revelation Mills delivers in this riveting tour de force, a revelation that changes just about everything.
Praise for The Restraint of Beasts
A witty, intricate fable about a working-class hell constructed by its own inhabitants. The New York Times
The Restraint of Beasts, designed both to amuse and to alarm, resembles an electrified fence: once you ve grabbed hold there s no letting go. The New Yorker
Magnus Mills is the author of four previous novels, including Three to See the King and The Restraint of Beasts, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award in England. His work has been translated into twenty languages. Mills lives in London.
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- Title Explorers of the New Century
- Author Magnus Mills
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, New York
- Date 2006-03-20
- ISBN 9780156030786 / 0156030780
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Explorers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005020987
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Dark and funny . . . A witty, intricate fable about a working-class hell constructed by its own inhabitants." -THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The Restraint of Beasts, designed both to amuse and to alarm, resembles an electrified fence: once you've grabbed hold there's no letting go."-THE NEW YORKER
Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2006, Page 45
- Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2005, Page 1294
- Library Journal, 01/01/2006, Page 100
- Publishers Weekly, 11/28/2005, Page 22
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