Spaceman of Bohemia

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM STARRING ADAM SANDLER AND CAREY MULLIGAN

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION

''An incredible experience . . . unforgettable''
Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies

''Dizzyingly inventive''
TLS

''An excellent debut''
The Times

''Booming with vitality and originality''
New York Times

Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub''s marriage starts to fail as the weeks go by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make a violent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family''s dark political past.

An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-in the name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist.