ebook, 362 pages Hardcover, 368 pages Published: 2020 In the vein of The Book of M comes a fast-paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreakβreminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that
The Down Days
β Scribed by Hugo, Ilze
- Book ID
- 100392325
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 545 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781982121532
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β¦ Synopsis
**The Book of M****meets District 9 in a fast paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. **
In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak--reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic--a city at the tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations and paranoia. Is it simply another episode of mass hysteria, or something more sinister? In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound.
During these strange days, Faith works as a fulltime corpse collector and a freelance "truthologist," putting together disparate pieces of information to solve problems. But after Faith agrees to help an orphaned girl find her abducted baby brother, she begins to wonder whether the boy is even real. Meanwhile, a young man named Sans who trades in illicit...
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