Voyage To the End of the Room: A Novel

Oceane, successful computer graphics designer and former erotic dancer, likes to travel, but doesn't like to go out; in fact, she never leaves home. She satisfies her wanderlust by bringing the world to her South London flat, using courier, satellite, radio, the Internet, and accommodating globetrotters making virtual visits to Panama, Istanbul, and Tokyo. Her meticulously constructed lifestyle suits her until she receives a letter from an ex-an ex who died ten years ago. She is forced into action and seeks out the help of Audley-failed mercenary, former personal trainer, and proprietor of the Dun Waitin Debt Collection Agency. When the first letter is followed by a string of missives, Oceane has to start searching the world to understand her past.Tibor Fischer's new novel is Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island updated for the 21st century, weaving from the sex clubs of Barcelona, to the battlefields of Yugoslavia, to the deadly diving of Chuuk Lagoon. Combining his trademark sardonic wit and offbeat imaginative flair, Voyage to the End of the Room is Tibor Fischer in top form: a compelling page-turner that is at once a brilliant and darkly hilarious meditation on a random world; on what you can know, what evil looks like, why ketchup may be among a soldier's most important equipment, and how bubble gum can be used to collect on old debts. "Oceane, successful computer graphics designer and former erotic dancer, likes to travel, but doesn't like to go out. In fact, she never leaves home. She satisfies her wanderlust by bringing the world to her South London flat using courier, satellite, radio, the Internet, and cooperative foreign visitors. Her meticulously constructed lifestyle suits her until she receives a letter from an ex - an ex who died ten years ago. The mystery forces her into action and she seeks out the help of Audley - failed mercenary, former personal trainer, and proprietor of the Dun Waitin Debt Collection Agency. When the first letter is followed by a string of missives, Oceane has to start searching the world to understand her past."--BOOK JACKET Tibor's trademark sardonic wit and offbeat imaginative flair brings us a deliciously raunchy novel of lost love, international intrigue, and murder at a sex club THIS IS how I became rich: I was at home at four-thirty on a Friday afternoon.