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The Teleportation AccidentSet, initially at least, in 1930's Germany, Egon Loeser is a self-centred theatre set designer with a high opinion of himself who is slightly obsessed with a 17th century Italian set designer who lost his life trying to create a teleportation effect in a theatre.

Categories: non-speculative, historical

by Ned Beauman
Score: 7
Published: 2012
Read: July 21st 2025

Comments


John said

Quite good really, if a little odd. Long-listed for the Booker. I found Venomous Lumpsucker much more interesting. Also, recently saw a reference to lumpsuckers in the Guardian! And I thought he'd made them up.

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