He lives in Austin, Texas.'Immensely witty.thoroughly entertaining.'- The Washington Post Book World James Hynes is the author of the novels The Lecturer's Tale, Wild Colonial Boy, and the stories Publish & Perish (all New York Times Notable Books of the Year). ' The Kings of Infinite Space is social satire that slides smoothly into horror.'- Time 'Hynes must moonlight as a fisherman for he has mastered the art of luring, hooking and reeling readers in with his salty style and quick wit.'- USA Today Kings of Infinite Space is Wells updated for the 21st century.'- The Washington Post Book World 'This macabre, funny, and very twisted satire of office life displays James Hynes as a wonderfully eccentric and entirely original writer.'- Esquire Kings of Infinite Space is a hilarious and horrifying spoof on our everyday lives and gives true voice to the old adage, 'Work is Hell.' Mysterious men lurk about town, wearing thick glasses and pocket protectors. Strange sounds come from the air conditioning vents, the ceiling bulges, a body disappears. For it is not until he begins a tentative romance with the office's sassy mail girl that he begins to notice things are truly wrong.

And even here, in this land of carpeted partitions and cheap lighting fixtures, Paul cannot escape the curse his life has become. He's fallen from a top-notch university teaching job, to a textbook publisher, to, eventually, working as a temp writer for the Texas Department of General Services. If he were to be honest with himself, Paul Trilby would have to admit that he's having a bad life.

'Immensely witty.thoroughly entertaining.'- The Washington Post Book World 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

The Kings of Infinite Space is a hilarious and macabre spoof on our everyday lives, and gives true voice to the old adage, 'Work is Hell.' There are the strange men lurking about town, wearing thick glasses and pocket protectors. There are sounds coming from the air conditioning vents, bulges in the ceiling, a disappearing body. For it is not until he begins reach out to the office's foul-mouthed mail girl that he begins to notice things are truly wrong. And even here, in this world of carpeted partitions and cheap lighting fixtures, Paul cannot escape the curse his life has become. He's fallen from a top-notch university teaching job, to a textbook publisher, to, eventually, working as a temp writer for the General Services department of the Texas Department of General Services.

Kings of Infinite Space by James Hynes