Explorers Of The New Century: A Darkly Comic Historical Adventure â " Rival Teams in a Survival Race

Mills, Magnus

ISBN 10: 0156030780 / ISBN 13: 9780156030786

Published by Mariner Books, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explorers Of The New Century: A Darkly Comic Historical Adventure â " Rival Teams in a Survival Race
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156030780
• ISBN 13: 9780156030786
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When Magnus Mills gives the world a shake, you never know what might fall out of his pockets," proclaims the Los Angeles Times. In his terse new tour de force of a tale, Mills gives history a shake, and you'll never guess what the fallout is. Set at the dawn of the great age of exploration, the era of Shackleton and Perry and Scott, the book presents the adventures of two intrepid teams, both vying to reach the AFP, or Agreed Furthest Point-a worthy, even ennobling cause. The competition is friendly but conditions are extreme. To get through the arid, lifeless landscape, both teams must learn to make sacrifices, sacrifices that will change just about everything.

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).

About the Author

MAGNUS MILLS worked as a full-time bus driver in London until the success of The Restraint of Beasts, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize. The author of a collection of short stories and five novels, all of which have been published in fifteen languages, he lives in London.