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Mister Mee

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Publisher
Picador
Language
English
Published
2000
  • Internet
  • Fiction
  • Psychological fiction
  • Book collectors
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • College teachers
  • Authorship
  • Older men

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
In this inventive novel, octogenarian book collector Mr. Mee discovers the Internet with life-changing results. Told from the points of view of the guileless Mr. Mee, two eighteenth century French philosophers, and a middle-aged university professor, Andrew Crumey's book concerns the creation and mysterious disappearance of Rosier's Encyclopedia, an explosive text written more than two hundred years ago that purportedly disproves the existence of the universe. At times funny, often thought-provoking, and completely engaging, Mr. Mee is Crumey's most rewarding novel to date.