About the book
The most ambition and exciting novel yet from the Booker shortlisted author of C and Satin Island.
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane? What's inside Box 808, and why does everybody want it?
Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data but did she also discover a 'perfect' movement that would 'change everything'?
An international hunt begins for the one box missing from her records, and we follow contemporary motion-capture consultant Mark Phocan across geo-political fault lines and experimental zones in his search for it. And all the while, work is underway on the blockbuster film Incarnation, an epic space tragedy...
'Dazzling... The Making of Incarnation feels utterly original, utterly new, utterly magical' Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others
'Hugely interesting, energetic, wise and well written' GQ
'A rich and fascinating exercise in observation' Independent
Editions of Making of Incarnation
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781787333291
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781787333307
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781529114386
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780593314050
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780593319871
- EBook
- ISBN 9780593319888
- EBook
- ISBN 9781473590373
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The most ambition and exciting novel yet from the Booker shortlisted author of C and Satin Island.
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane? What's inside Box 808, and why does everybody want it?
Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data but did she also discover a 'perfect' movement that would 'change everything'?
An international hunt begins for the one box missing from her records, and we follow contemporary motion-capture consultant Mark Phocan across geo-political fault lines and experimental zones in his search for it. And all the while, work is underway on the blockbuster film Incarnation, an epic space tragedy...
'Dazzling... The Making of Incarnation feels utterly original, utterly new, utterly magical' Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others
'Hugely interesting, energetic, wise and well written' GQ
'A rich and fascinating exercise in observation' Independent
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Making of Incarnation about?
The most ambition and exciting novel yet from the Booker shortlisted author of C and Satin Island.
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane? What's inside Box 808, and why does everybody want it?
Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data but did she also discover a 'perfect' movement that would 'change everything'?
An international hunt begins for the one box missing from her records, and we follow contemporary motion-capture consultant Mark Phocan across geo-political fault lines and experimental zones in his search for it. And all the while, work is underway on the blockbuster film Incarnation, an epic space tragedy...
'Dazzling... The Making of Incarnation feels utterly original, utterly new, utterly magical' Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others
'Hugely interesting, energetic, wise and well written' GQ
'A rich and fascinating exercise in observation' Independent
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Making of Incarnation?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Making of Incarnation?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781787333291
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Making of Incarnation?
Tom McCarthy
Who is the Publisher of the book Making of Incarnation?
Random House
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Making of Incarnation is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781787333291) and paperback(ISBN 9781787333307) and paperback(ISBN 9781529114386) and paperback(ISBN 9780593314050) and altformat(ISBN 9780593319871) and ebook(ISBN 9780593319888) and ebook(ISBN 9781473590373)
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