Tom McCarthy — Satin Island

London, Jonathan Cape, 2015. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this contemporary novel from Tom McCarthy which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The first edition, first printing. With tipped in press content for the book, offering additional context to the work and its author. 'Satin Island' follows the talented and uneasy protagonist named "U.", an employee of a consulting firm called "the Company". U is a former anthropologist who applies his skills to cases handled by the company, but becomes increasingly obsessed with the meaning of all world events, and the possibility of a secret codex that ties them all together. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with slight edge wear and a couple faint handling marks. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.