The Shrinking Man
201 pages
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ISBN: 9780575074637
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
Publication date: 1 January 2002
Description
While on holiday, Scott Carey is exposed to a cloud of radioactive spray shortly after he accidentally ingests insecticide. The radioactivity acts as a catalyst for the bug spray, causing his body to shrink at a rate of approximately 1/7 of an inch per day. A few weeks later, Carey can no longer deny the truth: not only is he losing weight, he is also shorter than he was and deduces, to his dismay, that his body will continue to shrink.