The Humans: Matt Haig
by Haig, Matt
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- ISBN 13
- 9781786894663
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âÈêI know that some of you reading this are convinced humans are a myth, but I am here to state that they do actually exist. For those that donâÈçt know, a human is a real bipedal life form of midrange intelligence, living a largely deluded existence on a small waterlogged planet in a very lonely corner of the universe.âÈë The bestselling, award-winning author of The Radleys is back with what may be his best, funniest, and most devastating dark comedy yet. When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete the gruesome task assigned him and hurry back home to the utopian world of his own planet, where everyone enjoys immortality and infinite knowledge. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, and is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this weird species than he has been led to believe. Disguised as Martin, he drinks wine, reads poetry, develops an ear for rock music and a taste for peanut butter. Slowly, unexpectedly, he forges bonds with MartinâÈçs family, and in picking up the pieces of the professorâÈçs shattered personal life, he begins to see hope and beauty in the humansâÈç imperfections and begins to question the mission that brought him there. Praised by the New York Times as a âÈênovelist of great seriousness and talent,âÈë author Matt Haig delivers an unlikely story about human nature and the joy found in the messiness of life on Earth. The Humans is a funny, compulsively readable tale that playfully and movingly explores the ultimate subjectâÈ'ourselves.
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- Title
- The Humans: Matt Haig
- Author
- Haig, Matt
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 6
- ISBN 10
- 1786894661
- ISBN 13
- 9781786894663
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