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-Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character's mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far.- --The New York Times Book Review -A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga... Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas's American fans, it may win her new ones as well.- --The Boston Globe -A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives.- --Claire Fallon, Huffington Post -This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humor...The Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable.---Huffington Post -[Thomas'] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters.- --The Millions -We'd recommend keeping your eyes on this author.- --Bookish -Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there's more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It's the best novel I've read this year.- --Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) -A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family's rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects.- --Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) -Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery.- --Library Journal, Starred Review -[A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people... Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too.- --Kirkus, Starred Review -Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes.- --Booklist -Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details -- Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining.- --Publishers Weekly -The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it's a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it's somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I've encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight.- --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods -Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist.- --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer -Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy.- --Matt Haig, author of The Radleys -Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga.- --The Guardian -Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable.- --Financial Times -She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga.- --The Observer Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character's mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far. --The New York Times Book Review A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga... Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas's American fans, it may win her new ones as well. --The Boston Globe A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives. --Claire Fallon, Huffington Post This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humor...The Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable. --Huffington Post [Thomas'] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters. --The Millions We'd recommend keeping your eyes on this author. --Bookish Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there's more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It's the best novel I've read this year. --Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family's rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects. --Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery. --Library Journal, Starred Review [A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people... Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too. --Kirkus, Starred Review Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes. --Booklist Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details -- Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining. --Publishers Weekly The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it's a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it's somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I've encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight. --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist. --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy. --Matt Haig, author of The Radleys Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga. --The Guardian Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable. --Financial Times She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga. --The Observer Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character s mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far. The New York Times Book Review A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas s American fans, it may win her new ones as well. The Boston Globe A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives. Claire Fallon, Huffington Post This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humorThe Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable. Huffington Post [Thomas ] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters. The Millions We d recommend keeping your eyes on this author. Bookish Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there s more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It s the best novel I ve read this year. Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family s rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects. Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery. Library Journal, Starred Review [A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too. Kirkus, Starred Review Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes. Booklist Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining. Publishers Weekly The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it s a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it s somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I ve encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight. Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist. William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy. Matt Haig, author of The Radleys Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga. The Guardian Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable. Financial Times She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga. The Observer

Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character's mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far. --The New York Times Book Review A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga... Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas's American fans, it may win her new ones as well. --The Boston Globe A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives. --Claire Fallon, Huffington Post This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humor...The Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable. --Huffington Post [Thomas'] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters. --The Millions We'd recommend keeping your eyes on this author. --Bookish Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there's more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It's the best novel I've read this year. --Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family's rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects. --Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery. --Library Journal, Starred Review [A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people... Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too. --Kirkus, Starred Review Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes. --Booklist Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details -- Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining. --Publishers Weekly The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it's a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it's somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I've encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight. --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist. --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy. --Matt Haig, author of The Radleys Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga. --The Guardian Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable. --Financial Times She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga. --The Observer -Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character's mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far.- --The New York Times Book Review -A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga... Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas's American fans, it may win her new ones as well.- --The Boston Globe -A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives.- --Claire Fallon, Huffington Post -This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humor...The Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable.---Huffington Post -[Thomas'] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters.- --The Millions -We'd recommend keeping your eyes on this author.- --Bookish -Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there's more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It's the best novel I've read this year.- --Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) -A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family's rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects.- --Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) -Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery.- --Library Journal, Starred Review -[A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people... Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too.- --Kirkus, Starred Review -Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes.- --Booklist -Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details -- Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining.- --Publishers Weekly -The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it's a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it's somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I've encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight.- --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods -Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist.- --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer -Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy.- --Matt Haig, author of The Radleys -Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga.- --The Guardian -Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable.- --Financial Times -She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga.- --The Observer Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character s mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far. The New York Times Book Review A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas s American fans, it may win her new ones as well. The Boston Globe A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives. Claire Fallon, Huffington Post This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humorThe Seed Collectors is both literary and compulsively readable. Huffington Post [Thomas ] newest novel, The Seed Collectors, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters. The Millions We d recommend keeping your eyes on this author. Bookish Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there s more going on than meets the eye. The Seed Collectors is no exception. It s the best novel I ve read this year. Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family s rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects. Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery. Library Journal, Starred Review [A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too. Kirkus, Starred Review Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes. Booklist Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining. Publishers Weekly The Seed Collectors is entrancing: it s a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it s somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I ve encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight. Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, The Seed Collectors is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist. William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and The Seed Collectors might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy. Matt Haig, author of The Radleys Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga. The Guardian Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . The Seed Collectors is consistently enjoyable. Financial Times She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga. The Observer

Thomas has a gift for interior monologues that flow steadily and easily, carrying you through a character s mental landscape, full of vivid imagery and digressions that flirt with spinning out of control but never quite go too far. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> A weird, wonderful, and often wickedly funny family mini-saga Bold, charming and inventive, The Seed Collectors will not only please Thomas s American fans, it may win her new ones as well. <i>The Boston Globe</i> A searing family saga with dollops of magical realism, The Seed Collectors is an exquisitely nimble novel about self-knowledge, love and self-love, and the many ways we shape our lives. Claire Fallon, <i>Huffington Post</i> This prickly, brilliant novel has it all: family tensions, forbidden love, infidelity, adventure, humor<i>The Seed Collectors</i> is both literary and compulsively readable. <i>Huffington Post</i> [Thomas ] newest novel, <i>The Seed Collectors</i>, is laugh-out-loud funny for pages at a time. As British reviewers noted, it fits securely into the great tradition of the modern British comic novel... Thomas is more interested in rubbing words and ideas together and seeing what sparks they throw off than in telling stories that reinforce what we already think and end happily for likeable characters. <i>The Millions</i> We d recommend keeping your eyes on this author. <i>Bookish</i> Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite contemporary novelists working today. Her books are always smart, funny, and contain just enough weirdness to let you know there s more going on than meets the eye. <i>The Seed Collectors</i> is no exception. It s the best novel I ve read this year. Brad Lennon, Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA) A wonderfully wacky and vibrant novel of an extended family s rise and fall. Following the death of great aunt Oleander, the matriarch of the Gardner family, the cousins find themselves scrambling with revelations that will remake the family tree. Saucy, sassy, unabashedly debauched in that English comic tradition, and richly peopled, Thomas has written a delightfully unpredictable novel, something very much unlike the usual suspects. Toby Cox, Three Lives & Company (New York, NY) Thomas succeeds in creating a funny yet poignant tale that is as much about yearning for connection as it is about seeking enlightenment. Kudos to her for penning a splendid novel that blends botany, philosophy, and mystery. <i>Library Journal</i>, Starred Review [A] hyperbolic, raunchy, hilarious immersion in the connected lives of some intensely imperfect people Thomas is a literary star in the United Kingdom. She should be in the United States, too. <i>Kirkus</i>, Starred Review Acclaimed British writer Thomas uses a large cast of dysfunctional characters to explore concepts of connectedness and responsibility. With equal parts family saga, intriguing mystery, and existential foray, this magical tale of love and illumination will keep readers on their toes. <i>Booklist</i> Ebullient prose, engaging characters, lively imagination, illuminating details Thomas is an original, and her novel is consistently entertaining. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> <i>The Seed Collectors</i> is entrancing: it s a sharply observed contemporary novel of real people and real plants and real desire and real hurt, and it s somehow also one of the sharpest fantasies I ve encountered. A sour-and-sweet delight. Neil Gaiman, author of <i>American Gods</i> Simultaneously sharply-drawn and dreamlike, often hilarious, <i>The Seed Collectors</i> is a baroque family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence. Scarlett Thomas is a splendid novelist. William Gibson, author of <i>Neuromancer</i> Scarlett Thomas is one of my favorite writers ever and <i>The Seed Collectors</i> might be her best yet. She fuses the comically everyday with a far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy. Matt Haig, author of <i>The Radleys</i> Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga. <i>The Guardian</i> Scarlett Thomas has a skillful way of blending fantasy and realism . . . <i>The Seed Collectors</i> is consistently enjoyable. <i>Financial Times</i> She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga. <i>The Observer</i>

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Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her novels include Oligarchy, The Seed Collectors, PopCo, The End of Mr. Y which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, and Our Tragic Universe. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.

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