Uncannily topical and yet as timeless as a Grimm's fairy tale, this is a novel of excoriating power, raw emotion and narrative verve, confirming Hawley as one of the most essential writers of our time.
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Noah Hawley's epic literary thriller, full of unforgettably vivid characters, finds unquenchable lights in the darkest corners. Suddenly heroes of their own story, they are crossing the country in search of a young woman held in a billionaire's retreat - and, just possibly, the only hope of escape from the apocalypse bequeathed to them by their parents' generation. And the Prophet wants him to join a quest.īefore long, Simon is on the road with a crew of new comrades on a rescue mission as urgent as it is enigmatic. There he encounters another boy called the Prophet. Yet the markets still tick up and the super-rich, like Ty Oliver, fly above the flames in private jets.Īfter the death of his daughter, Ty dispatches his son Simon to an Anxiety Abatement Center. As he spends more time alone, he realizes that solitude suits him, and he begins to crave more. Even though he does not feel guilt for his actions, he begs the forgiveness of the ruling Council. Against a background of environmental disaster and opioid addiction, debate descends into violence and militias roam the streets - while teenagers across the world seem driven to self-destruction, communicating by memes only they can understand. A youth named Equality 7-2521, who has found a hidden tunnel and hides in it to write, knows his solitude violates all the laws of his society. and the world will be tomorrow.Īmerica spins into chaos as the last remnants of political consensus break apart.
Hawley is such an experienced storyteller.this book is nothing if not art imitating life' - Irish Sunday Independentįrom the visionary bestselling author of Before the Fall and The Good Father, an epic literary thriller set where America is right now. 'Noah Hawley taps into our existential anxiety- and transforms it into a hefty page-turner that's equal parts horrific, catastrophic and, at times, strangely entertaining' - New York Times Hawley attacks his narrative from a broad, TV drama-ish viewpoint, assembling a large, intercutting cast of characters' - The Sunday Times It's a fabulous worst-of-all-fears scenario.
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Apart from being the Emmy award-winning creator of the superb television series Fargo, the American author Noah Hawley is a talented deviser of high-class literary thrillers.
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