Acursedbooksendsayoungwomanonaphilosophicaljourneythroughanalternatedimensioninthis“stylishanddizzying“novelbytheauthorofPopCo(NewYorkTimes).GraduatestudentArielMantohasafascinationwithnineteenth-centuryscientists--especiallyThomasLumas,themysteriousauthorofTheEndofMr.Y,abooknoonealivehasread.Whensheuncoversacopyatausedbookstore,Arielgoesdownaninterdimensionalrabbitholeofscienceandfaith,consciousnessanddeath,spaceandtime,andeverythinginbetween.Andtomakemattersworse,theCIAisontoher.FollowinginMr.Y’sfootsteps,Arielswallowsatincture,staresintoablackdot,andistransportedintotheTroposphere:awonderlandwhereshecantravelthroughtimeandspaceusingthethoughtsofothers.Thereshebeginstounderstandallthemysteriessurroundingthebook,herself,andtheuniverse.Orisitalljustahallucination?
