The Man Who Fell to Earth por Tevis, Walter - 1963

US: Gollancz, 1963. Paperback. Good. The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based. 'Beautiful ... The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one' NEW YORK TIMES Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which h as been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are t wice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as a human - it's with the intention of saving his own people fro m extinction. Newton patents some very advanced Anthean technology, which h e uses to amass a fortune. He begins to build a spaceship to help the last 300 Antheans migrate to Earth. Meanwhile, Nathan Bryce, a chemistry profess or in Iowa, is intrigued by some of the new products Newton's company bring s to the market, and already suspects Newton of being an alien. As Bryce an d the FBI close in, Newton finds his own clarity and sense of purpose dimin ishing. Discover the book which inspired the classic film with David Bowie and the new Paramount+ series with Chiwetel Ejiofor!