Epic Space

Zusatztext

<i>Epic Space</i> 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. <br><br>Written in weekly diary form, Martins world is a mad and woozy version of our own: one in which Martin and his friend, the nanofuturologist Beansy, can invent Kryptogel a new building material developed using hard air. Its 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 plan is hatched to turn the North around so that it faces south. <br><br>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 Faceprint? <br><br>And, reassuringly, there are still plenty of boozy lunches.

Autorenportrait

Ian Martin is an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer. His credits include<i>The Thick of It</i>,&#xa0;<i>Veep</i>&#xa0;and&#xa0;<i>In the Loop</i>. He writes regularly for the&#xa0;<i>Guardian</i>&#xa0;and the&#xa0;<i>Architects' Journal</i>. His book&#xa0;<i>The Coalition Chronicles</i>&#xa0;is published by Faber&amp; Faber.

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