The Man Who Lived Backward

TitleThe Man Who Lived Backward
Year of Publication1950
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes461 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsRoss, Malcolm
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Co.
CityNew York
Keywordsspace and time
Abstract

Mark Selby lives backwards: being born in 1940, and waking up each morning on the sequentially previous day before dying in 1865.

Author Biography

Malcolm Ross (1895-1965), born in Newark and educated at Yale University, was a World War I veteran, public relations director for the NLRB, head of the Fair Employment and Practices Commission under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and chairman of the University of Miami Press.

Time

1865-1940