Machine Man

By Max Barry

By Max Barry

By Max Barry
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Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Category: Literary Fiction | Science Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Science Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Science Fiction | Audiobooks

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    About Machine Man

    Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

    Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

    A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man’s quest for ultimate self-improvement.

    About Machine Man

    Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

    Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

    A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man’s quest for ultimate self-improvement.

    About Machine Man

    Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

    Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

    A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man’s quest for ultimate self-improvement.

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    Praise

    “Wickedly entertaining, a brilliant book: caustically funny, and-by its closing chapter-surprisingly moving.” –Scott Smith, author of The Ruins

    “Using precision-engineered prose, Max Barry has built a gleaming, terrifying device: part love story, part horror story, part thought experiment, all entertaining.” –Charles Yu, author of How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

    “A meticulously devised, deviant little parable–once it starts, you can’t look away.” –Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry began removing parts at an early age. In 1999, he successfully excised a steady job at tech giant HP in order to upgrade to the more compatible alternative of manufacturing fiction. While producing three novels, he developed the… More about Max Barry

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry began removing parts at an early age. In 1999, he successfully excised a steady job at tech giant HP in order to upgrade to the more compatible alternative of manufacturing fiction. While producing three novels, he developed the… More about Max Barry

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry began removing parts at an early age. In 1999, he successfully excised a steady job at tech giant HP in order to upgrade to the more compatible alternative of manufacturing fiction. While producing three novels, he developed the… More about Max Barry

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 09, 2011 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307476890

    Ebook
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780307743220

    Audiobook Download
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 09, 2011 | 570 Minutes | ISBN 9780307938879

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