The Martian new-arrivals-300922 Celebrated novelist John Lanchester ("an

Celebrated novelist John Lanchester ("an elegant and wonderfully witty writer"—New York Times) returns with an epic novel that captures the obsessions of our time

reflections

and why people who do not test high for talent often overachieve what others expect them to do

The language of her transcriptions spills secrets of girlhood and distant loves

She muses on the consuming

The Martian new-arrivals-300922 Celebrated novelist John Lanchester ("anIm stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. Im in a habitat designed to last 31 days. If the oxygenator breaks down, Ill suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, Ill die of thirst. If the habitat breaches, Ill explode. If none of those things happen, Ill eventually run out of food and starve to death. So yeah. Im screwed.