Read April 2018.
This book has won loads of awards and been given very high praise indeed.
It tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world, in which an ex-Hollywood star tours the out-posts of Great Lakes USA with his band of nomadic musicians and actors, performing plays. Their aim is to keep Art alive for the people who have very little else left in their lives. Now throw in a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet and you have the recipe for danger ahead.
I am not really sure what to make of this book. Maybe I just did not get it, but the promise did not live up to reality for me. There is plenty of excitement, but the story did not run as I expected at all. David Brin's The Postman did this much better.
This is more of a philosophical book, about the relationship of Art and Mankind, rather than an out and out thriller. David Brin's Postman did this much better.
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