Lie of the Land
For investigative journalist Carl Shewan, the Scottish coastal village of Inverlair is a picturesque cage. Imprisoned in this remote refuge by a technological catastrophe for which he feels partly responsible, Carl struggles to adapt to impending fatherhood and to a harsh new existence in an...
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For investigative journalist Carl Shewan, the Scottish coastal village of Inverlair is a picturesque cage. Imprisoned in this remote refuge by a technological catastrophe for which he feels partly responsible, Carl struggles to adapt to impending fatherhood and to a harsh new existence in an ancient landscape, until a childless gamekeeper offers him an alternative to guilt and alienation. Set in the near future, Lie of the Land examines the claustrophobia of small-town life and questions how far the state will go to preserve an orderly society, one in which ubiquitous surveillance has reduced human life to a virtual experience.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781846973192 (1846973198)
ASIN: 1846973198
Publish date: 2015-06-16
Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This was a tough one to get through. It's grim, bleak and depressing but in a story about the collapse of the world that's to be expected. It was actually the storytelling that I struggled with more than the story. It's a near-future, dystopian-ish, apocalyptic tale about journalist Carl Shewan, a j...
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