Paul reviewed Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
Moderately entertaining post-apocalyptic satire
3 stars
A moderately entertaining post-apocalyptic satire, tempered by the depressing fact that it's a little bit too close to reality. I found the Hermit Kingdom amusing - and not difficult to work out which country it related to - and the main characters were consistent, rather than undergoing some kind of quasi-religious conversion part-way through. I don't think there's much re-read value here for me though, it's definitely one of those 'read once, donate to charity' books.