Author: James Howard Kunstler
Stars: 4
Review by: Mary NK
In the foreseeable future, industrial & political infrastructure have crumbled from environmental & social devastation. In tiny Union Grove, NY, mostly decent folks struggle to build a new kind of society. Newly elected mayor Robert Earle enlists a conservative Christian sect and a powerful plantation owner to overcome a ghetto of redneck bullies led by a sadistic overlord. Reminiscent of the "Mad Max" movies, and more recently The Road by Cormac McCarthy, this fictional view of Kunstler's 2005 The Long Emergency is a both a warning and a glimmer of hope that humankind will prevail despite certain catastrophe. For a gentler view of post industrial society, try Into the Forest by Jean Hegland - teen age sisters living far from town stumble into self sufficiency as society crumbles.
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