Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the chance to review a pseudoscientific book that promises life everlasting. Consulting cosmology and physics, tarot cards, koans (and riddles and jokes), new age theories of everything, narrative theory, Nietzsche, Baudrillard, and knitting patterns, Meg wends her way through Our Tragic Universe, asking this and many other questions.
Scarlett Thomas
is the author of several books, including The
End of Mr. Y and PopCo. She
writes for the Independent on Sunday
and other magazines and is a recipient of the Elle Style Award. She lives and
teaches in Canterbury, England.View all by Scarlett Thomas
