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Other reviews of this novel have, I think, undersold it as sheer farce. But Sharpe’s post-apocalyptic version of the Jamestown settlement story is both deeply funny and, well, unsettling. By sending us back to Jamestown – a new world after we’ve wrecked the old one – Sharpe’s novel takes on the deeply rooted mythos of American selfhood as well as myth-making itself. The novel’s riffs on the first go-round at Jamestown are clever without being cloying or over-determined. Fans of George Saunders’ and Adam Johnson’s near-future satires will find a kindred spirit here.
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Eric Anderson, April 16, 2007
Other reviews of this novel have, I think, undersold it as sheer farce. But Sharpe’s post-apocalyptic version of the Jamestown settlement story is both deeply funny and, well, unsettling. By sending us back to Jamestown – a new world after we’ve wrecked the old one – Sharpe’s novel takes on the deeply rooted mythos of American selfhood as well as myth-making itself. The novel’s riffs on the first go-round at Jamestown are clever without being cloying or over-determined. Fans of George Saunders’ and Adam Johnson’s near-future satires will find a kindred spirit here.Terms and Conditions
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