Magnus Mills Explorers of the New Century

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';A masterfully realized comic novel... like something out of Gulliver's Travels by way of Franz Kafka and P.G. Wodehouse' (Library Journal). Set at the dawn of the great age of explorationclosely resembling the era of Shackleton and Perry and Scotttwo intrepid teams of adventurers set off through an arid, lifeless landscape. Both are vying to reach the AFP, or Agreed Furthest Pointa worthy, even ennobling cause. The competition is friendly but conditions are extreme. To get through the race, both teams must learn to make sacrifices, and rely heavily on their mules for survival... a dependency that will come with a price. From the Man Booker Prizenominated author of TheForensic Records Society and The Restraint of Beastsa novel Thomas Pynchon called a ';demented, deadpan-comic wonder'Explorers of the New Century offers a blend of white-knuckle suspense, shocking revelations, and brilliant social satire.