Book
Girlfriend on Mars : a novel / Deborah Willis.
Kevin, a hydroponic marijuana grower in Vancouver, watches his girlfriend of fourteen years participate in MarsNow, a reality TV show where a collection of science nerds and wannabe influencers compete for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670069583 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 359 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hamish Hamilton, 2023.
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Satirical literature. Novels. |
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âA sharp, funny take on capitalism, climate change, and our lifelong mission to be loved.â âPeople
A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel that skewers billionaire-funded space travel in a love story of interplanetary proportions.
Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the worldâincluding a handsome Israeli, an endearing fellow Canadian, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencersâare competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire Geoff Task. Meanwhile Kevin, Amberâs boyfriend of fourteen years, was content going nowhere until Amber left himâand their hydroponic weed businessâbehind. As he tends to the plants growing in their absurdly overpriced Vancouver basement apartment, Kevin tunes in to find out why the love of his life is so determined to leave the planet with somebody else.
An audaciously original debut from an âimmensely talented writerâ (Emily St. John Mandel), Girlfriend on Mars is at once a satirical indictment of our pursuit of fame and wealth amidst environmental crisis, and an exploration of humanityâs deepest longing, greatest quest, and most enduring cliché: love.
