Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre (English) Paperback Book

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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

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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

Author Biography

Brookmyre has worked as a journalist in London and Edinburgh.

Details ISBN0802139159 Author Christopher Brookmyre Short Title NOT THE END OF THE WORLD Language English ISBN-10 0802139159 ISBN-13 9780802139153 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2002 Birth 1968 DOI 10.1604/9780802139153 Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2002-08-22 US Release Date 2002-08-22 UK Release Date 2002-08-22 Pages 400 Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Publication Date 2002-08-22 Audience General AU Release Date 2002-10-14 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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