Carroll, Jonathan

At its heart, this is an arresting and imaginative meditation on life. Perfect for fans of magical realism with a free-flowing style like that of David Mitchell and Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

Philip K. Dick meets Kurt Vonnegut with startlingly well-drawn characters, and the overall effect is one of the poignancy of day-to-day existence contrasting with the galactic scale of "life, the universe and everything." Readers with flexible expectations for fiction will find this a hoot. Recommended to those for whom the meaning of life can be "42." [See Prepub Alert, 4/27/14.]