Awesome!
I found The End of Mr Y to be totally enthralling from beginning to end. The story focusses on a PhD student, trapped in bad habits, who discovers an old copy of a famous book, but one that's famous for all the wrong reasons. It's called The End of Mr Y and it's believed to be cursed and that anyone who reads it will die.
When I first read the premise, and then the opening chapters I expected the novel to play out very (VERY) differently. As it was I was led down a deep deep hole of insanity, magic, adventure and mystery!
It's no coincidence that Philip Pullman is quoted on the front, because this novel shares a great deal in common with his His Dark Materials trilogy. Both are polemics against the darker aspects of religion, business, government and both are absolutely thrilling adventure stories.
I could not recommend this story highly enough.
