Afterland

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<p><b>THE INTELLIGENT NEW POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR BEHIND BRAND NEW APPLE TV HIT <i>SHINING GIRLS</i></b><br><br><b>'A smartly written thriller that opens with a satisfying bang . . . splendid'</b> STEPHEN KING<br><b>'Powerful and intelligent'</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><b>'A major, major talent'</b> GEORGE R.R. MARTIN<br>_______<br><br><b>A WORLD OF WOMEN</b><br><b>A MOTHER AND SON ON THE RUN</b><br><br>Three years after a virus wiped out most men on earth, Cole's son, Miles, is one of the rare survivors.<br><br>Yet in this changed world, there are women who would kill to get their hands on that most prized commodity - a living boy.<br><br>Getting Miles to safety means crossing America with deadly pursuers hot on their heels - including Cole's own sister, Billie.<br><br><b>But if there are some who will commit <i>any</i> crime to possess Miles, Cole must face some terrible choices to protect her son . . .</b><br>_______<br><br>The powerful and intelligent new thriller from the author of Richard and Judy bestseller <i>The Shining Girls</i> and the prize-winning <i>Zoo City</i><br><br><b>Included in 'Best Books of Summer 2020' in <i>Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly </i>and <i>Oprah Magazine</i></b><br>_______<br><br><b>'Bowstring-taut, visceral, and incredibly timely: Beukes's plague-tale is a parable about the glory and terror of Americanism in times of calamity' </b>Cory Doctorow<br><br><b><i>'</i></b><b>A fast-moving thriller [that] splices gut-punching action sequences and feminist gender politics with an impressively light touch. Bubbles with big ideas. This intelligent speculative novel about a pandemic feels alarmingly close to home' </b><i>Metro</i><br><br><b>'Afterland is that rare creature, a ripping tale that neither shies away from big questions nor interesting answers'</b> <i>New Scientist</i><br><br> <b>'Lauren Beukes is a writer with a startling imagination, and a masterful ability to rewrite the rules of whatever genre she t

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781405923705

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 129 x 33 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)