Chris reviewed Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre
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4 stars
This is a widescreen detective novel evoking Neal Stephenson (especially Snow Crash) and Thomas Pynchon (particularly Vineland). Its theme of largescale catastrophist terrorism may be unfortunately topical, but its portrait of the strange world of L.A. and over-the-top characters including sleazy film directors and inerrantist televangelists is worth checking out. This ought to be a film if it isn't already, but is unlikely to become one just at the moment. ['the moment' being late 2001, i.e.. the start of the Paranoid Age, when we were all more than a bit nervous about terrorism]
This is a widescreen detective novel evoking Neal Stephenson (especially Snow Crash) and Thomas Pynchon (particularly Vineland). Its theme of largescale catastrophist terrorism may be unfortunately topical, but its portrait of the strange world of L.A. and over-the-top characters including sleazy film directors and inerrantist televangelists is worth checking out. This ought to be a film if it isn't already, but is unlikely to become one just at the moment. ['the moment' being late 2001, i.e.. the start of the Paranoid Age, when we were all more than a bit nervous about terrorism]
