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The Guardian (London) has called comic-thriller writer Christopher Brookmyre "the next star of the genre". His American debut, Not the End of the World, is a fast and furious novel set in Los Angeles at the near side of the millennium, at a point when the world is about to spin out of control -- and maybe out of existence. When an oceanic research vessel is discovered with all of its crew vanished, it sets off a chain of events that pulls Lt. Larry Freeman of the LAPD out of the ho-hum assignment of overseeing the security for a B-movie film festival and headlong into a frenzied race to stop a terrorist plot. Along the way he must contend with aging porn stars, rabid evangelical Christians, a mysterious Glaswegian photographer, and an unknown agenda, all in a frenzied -- and ultimately hysterical-race against time. "Imagine Day of the Locust updated and rewritten by Carl Hiaasen. ... Good solid fun." -- Kirkus Reviews "Perpetually in-your-face: sassy, irreverent, and stylish ... [with] a high-octane sense of the absurd." -- The Times (London) "Very violent, very funny ... comedy with a political edge, which you take gleefully in one gulp." -- Literary Review
This is set in 1999- while 2000 is not technically the start of the next millenium, everyone thinks of it that way- since this is when the odometer turns over.The novel felt a bit chaotic at first, but I found that intriguing. I LOVED Maddy, Steff, and Larry, and would love to learn more about their lives! -even though their backstories were handled with insight and compassion.I would say, after thinking about it, the main theme was the dangers of religious fundamentalism- and how it can too easily turn into terrorism- even when it's "Christians" doing the bombings, etc.The account of the Christian "rock" band, from Steff's POV, was hilarious! It make me literally laugh out loud! as did a few other passages, but this was the funniest.I also really loved Maddy's backstory- as a sexual abuse survivor myself, it rang true and made a lot of sense.VERY recommended!
