### Review "Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it's close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation
The postmortal: a novel: novel
β Scribed by Magary, Drew
- Publisher
- Penguin Group;Penguin Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101540869
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.;The inimitable -- The sins of the fathers -- A London education -- Becoming Boz -- The journalist -- Four publishers and a wedding -- 'Till death do us part' -- Blackguards and brigands -- Killing Nell -- Conquering America -- Setbacks -- Travels, dreams, and visions -- Crisis -- Dombey, with interruptions -- A home -- A personal history -- Fathers and sons -- Children at work -- Little Dorrit and friends -- Wayward and unsettled -- Stormy weather -- Secrets, mysteries, and lies -- The Bebelle life -- Wise daughters -- The Chief -- 'Things look like work again' -- Pickswick, Pecknicks, Pickwicks -- The remembrance of my friends.
β¦ Subjects
A Novel
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