In this fiercely original novel Charles is a time-traveling repairman working in the off-kilter Minor Universe 31. He helps clients return to their biggest mistakes which they incorrectly believe they can repair. But they can’t—and that’s bad news for Charles who once accidentally ran into and shot his future self.<br> “… a triumph as good as anything in Calvino or Stanislaw Lem. I wish I could travel back in time with a copy and fraudulently publish it under my own name.”—Lev Grossman New York Times best-selling author