Requested through Concord Free Press because I think the idea is really fantastic.

This was a nice littel snapshot of American politics in the long view as of this moment. It was like a forecast of the current zeitgeist wherein big pharma owns the little man and is morally bankrupt when it comes to providing chemicals to amuse and sooth him with complete disregard to long term health and environmental factors. The environment (global warming, big corporation pollution and hunting/farming) also looms large. The emergent power of China and the provision of cheap labour from the former Eastern bloc is also covered. Nothing is really resolved but the issues are explored a little. It was a nice attempt at post apocalyptic style narrative with a nod to Aldous Huxley.

As this is a Concord Free Press book, I would encourage you to register it there as well (after making a donation of your choice somewhere or to someone). I chose to give my donation to Shelter Box as part of the Bookcrossers group. We were moved to donate after the Japanese Earthquake.

As if there isn't enough to track in this journal entry already, you can also track the boxes we sponsored on the Shelter Box site by clicking here.

Left in a tree fork near the entrance of the festival - I think on the Sunday. Hopefully whoever finds this book managed to stay dry and have fun. Hope you enjoy the book.

I picked up this book at Latitude Festival in Suffolk in 2011 and thankfully it stayed a lot drier than I did.

It has been sat in my house since then and I'm pretty ashamed to say that I haven't even read it! So, I decided to do the right thing and set it free again, and what better opportunity to do so than going on holiday!

I hope someone gets to enjoy this and makes more use of it than I did.