Hunters & Collectors
by M. Suddain
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Pub Date Aug 23 2016 | Archive Date May 18 2017
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Jonathan Cape
Description
John Tamberlain is The Tomahawk -- the universe's most feared and famous food critic (though he prefers 'forensic gastronomer'). He's on the hunt for the galaxy's most secretive and exclusive establishment, Hotel Grand Skies: the Empyrean. A haven where the rich and famous retreat to bask in perfect seclusion. Where the waiters know their fish knife from their butter knife, their carotid from their subclavian artery, and are trained to enforce the house rules with brutal efficiency.
Blurring the lines between detective story, horror and sci-fi, Hunters & Collectors is a mesmeric trip into the singular imagination of M. Suddain. It is as if, at his freewheeling best, Kurt Vonnegut had been cast into the future and asked to re-imagine The Shining.
Advance Praise
On the one hand, it’s a galaxy-spanning space opera with intrigue, adventure and fascinating tech extrapolations. On the other, it’s a hilarious, almost Nabokovian account of a food critic’s gastronomic misadventures as he conducts a tour of restaurants on dozens of far-flung planets. Suddain manages the almost impossible task of balancing cosmic scope with slapstick, intricate wordplay and dialogue at times worthy of PG Wodehouse… Hunters & Collectors is a misanthropic joy ride by a ridiculously talented writer and one of the most unusual novels of the year. – Jeff Vandermeer, Guardian
Aside from being packed full of stimulating ideas and smart observations, Suddain’s turn of phrase conjures an exhilarating ambience of chaos… Previous comparisons to Douglas Adams witty wordplay are entirely fitting… Suddain captures the surreal desperation of the modern world with a sharp eye. – SciFi Now
On evidence of Hunters & Collectors let me make a prediction: M. Suddain…is destined for greatness. – Ian Sansom, Times Literary Supplement
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780224097055 |
| PRICE | CA$31.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 352 |
