The book isn t out till may but i thought it only fair to give you a short taster too.
The humans mat haig book page 54 81.
I was initially interested in reading the humans because the topic reminded me of 3rd rock from the sun one of my all time favorite tv sitcoms at least the first season.
That s the backstory to a book that opens with our alien narrator finding himself in the body of the professor whom he has just assassinated.
Combine douglas adams s irreverent take on life the universe and everything with a genuinely moving love story and you have some idea of the humor originality and poignancy of mat.
The humans by matt haig review.
In the past year it was the humans by matt haig.
The bestselling award winning author of the radleys is back with his funniest most devastating dark comedy yet a silly sad suspenseful and soulful philadelphia inquirer novel that s full of heart entertainment weekly when an extra terrestrial visitor arrives on earth his first impressions of the human species are less than positive.
Which may well be the wrong bit but at least there is a logic to it.
In this case i have plumped for the very first page of the book.
The humans is a funny compulsively readable novel about alien abduction mathematics and that most interesting subject of all.
Matt haig is a novelist of stunning talent with a laser eye for the absurd and endless reserves of.
Matt haig joined the groups 50 book pledge and mikazuki publishing house official book club feb 06 2014 06 59am matt haig voted for the humans as best science fiction in the semifinal round of the 2013 goodreads choice awards.
Matt haig s hilarious novel puts our species on the spot guardian a wonderfully funny gripping and inventive novel.
The humans is by turns silly sad suspenseful and soulful haig manages to burrow beneath clichés as he explores the meaning of sentimentality loyalty love and mortality haig s insights are often compelling.
This study guide consists of approximately 58 pages of chapter summaries quotes character analysis themes and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the humans.
Combine douglas adams irreverent take on life the universe and everything with a genuinely moving love story and you have some idea of the humour originality and poignancy of matt haig s latest novel.
Both premises are based on an outsider s interpretation of the human condition.
The humans is a funny compulsively readable novel about alien abduction mathematics and that most interesting subject of all.
Like kurt vonnegut and audrey niffenegger haig uses the tropes of science fiction to explore and satirise concepts of free will love marriage logic immortality and mercy with elegance and poignancy the times a brilliant exploration of what it is to love and to be human.
The tv show was hilarious.
I am always pretty sure when doing a reading i choose the wrong bit.
