Epic Space by Ian Martin

Epic Space by Ian Martin

Epic Space is a hilarious take on contemporary culture as viewed through the twisted prism of 'Martin', amoral architectural consultant with a penchant for a long lunch and powerful friends, including members of the Cabinet and HRH the Prince of Wales.

Written in weekly diary form, Martin's is a mad and woozy version of our own: one in which Martin and his friend, the nanofuturologist Beansy, can invent Kryptogel - a newbuilding material developed using 'hard air'. It's a world where the property wing of the Church of England builds buy-to-let almshouses while 'bouncy mega-mosques' have helium-stiffened minarets. An arts correspondent is sacked by a Sunday newspaper and replaced with his own overdressed architectural dachshund. Soot becomes a valuable stock market commodity. A hipster skyscraper is called the Blard. And an ambitious planis hatched to turn the North around so that it faces south.

Big questions are asked: Is Texture The New Fragrance? Is Modern Modernism Just Post-Modernism But With A Neo-Modernistic Coat On? How Fat is Your Face print? And, reassuringly, there are still plenty of boozy lunches.

"Ian Martin's swearing is an exercise in linguistic baroque that deserves Grade I listing. . broad comedy for the joy of it." * RIBA Journal *
"Weepingly funny." -- Rowan Moore, Best Books of 2017 * Observer *

Ian Martin is an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer. His credits include The Thick of It, Veep, and In the Loop. He writes regularly for the Guardian and the Architects' Journal.

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ISBN 13	9781783523177
ISBN 10	1783523174
Title	Epic Space
Author	Ian Martin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Unbound
Year published	2017-03-09
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.