The Paper Eater
by Liz Jensen | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0747547475 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0747547475 Global Overview for this book
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From Fantasticfiction.co.uk
A brilliant, engaging satire on modern life' Marie Claire 'Set on the imaginary island of Atlantica, this consumer-obsessed, pseudo-Utopian society, with its Waste Pledges and Festival of Choice, is so close to Blair's Britain that it hurts' Independent Meet Harvey Kidd: divorced, beclobbered and unfree. A defective product of society, briefly and catastrophically catapulted into significance against his will. Imprisoned on the Sea Hero, Harvey has found solace in the art of papier-m ch . But as the penitentiary ship sails back towards the island of Atlantica, Harvey is forced to re-live his doomed visit to Head Office, nerve-centre of the system that spat him out.In a thrilling satirical fable, Liz Jensen evokes a weird and chilling parallel world of rampant consumerism, fervent Utopians, emotional surrogacy and love on the rocks.
From Fantasticfiction.co.uk
A brilliant, engaging satire on modern life' Marie Claire 'Set on the imaginary island of Atlantica, this consumer-obsessed, pseudo-Utopian society, with its Waste Pledges and Festival of Choice, is so close to Blair's Britain that it hurts' Independent Meet Harvey Kidd: divorced, beclobbered and unfree. A defective product of society, briefly and catastrophically catapulted into significance against his will. Imprisoned on the Sea Hero, Harvey has found solace in the art of papier-m ch . But as the penitentiary ship sails back towards the island of Atlantica, Harvey is forced to re-live his doomed visit to Head Office, nerve-centre of the system that spat him out.In a thrilling satirical fable, Liz Jensen evokes a weird and chilling parallel world of rampant consumerism, fervent Utopians, emotional surrogacy and love on the rocks.
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A nightmare sprayed full
of silly string,
licked heavy along the edges.
of silly string,
licked heavy along the edges.