Everyone Says That at the End of the World
Author: Egerton, Owen
ISBN: 9781593765187
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Apr 2013
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
b>In this "often riotous, ultimately moving i>Cat's Cradle/i> for our time," a Texas couple prepares for the apocalypse (i>Kirkus Reviews/i>)/b>br>br>In Austin, Milton and Rica are expecting their first child. It's four days and counting. Not for the baby. But for the end of the world. Evidence- Haydon Brock, a godless television star has suddenly traded his Hollywood fame for salvation. A prophetic hermit crab is embarking on an unfathomable cross-country quest. Planes are dropping from the sky. And the president and first lady disappear. No omen is too inexplicable to Milton. He's learned for a fact that our planet is one vast asylum for the incurably insane. And its cosmic guardians are about to close down the whole damn thing.br>br>Then Milton receives one more premonition- to seek out Haydon now holed up somewhere in Marfa. To what end Milton hasn't a clue. To find out, Milton, Rica, and their best friend head west across an increasingly cataclysmic landscape of inter-dimensional time travelers, Jesus clones, sleep-deprived monks, ghosts, and angels in an epic and manic quest to outrun the last days on Earth.br>br>Combining humor, philosophical inquiry and an unforgettable cast of characters, "this sharp-witted satire" (i>Booklist/i>) "is a future classic, and people will be reading it decades from now. I know I will" (Charles Yu, National Book Award winning author of i>Interiror Chinatown/i>).
ISBN: 9781593765187
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Apr 2013
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
b>In this "often riotous, ultimately moving i>Cat's Cradle/i> for our time," a Texas couple prepares for the apocalypse (i>Kirkus Reviews/i>)/b>br>br>In Austin, Milton and Rica are expecting their first child. It's four days and counting. Not for the baby. But for the end of the world. Evidence- Haydon Brock, a godless television star has suddenly traded his Hollywood fame for salvation. A prophetic hermit crab is embarking on an unfathomable cross-country quest. Planes are dropping from the sky. And the president and first lady disappear. No omen is too inexplicable to Milton. He's learned for a fact that our planet is one vast asylum for the incurably insane. And its cosmic guardians are about to close down the whole damn thing.br>br>Then Milton receives one more premonition- to seek out Haydon now holed up somewhere in Marfa. To what end Milton hasn't a clue. To find out, Milton, Rica, and their best friend head west across an increasingly cataclysmic landscape of inter-dimensional time travelers, Jesus clones, sleep-deprived monks, ghosts, and angels in an epic and manic quest to outrun the last days on Earth.br>br>Combining humor, philosophical inquiry and an unforgettable cast of characters, "this sharp-witted satire" (i>Booklist/i>) "is a future classic, and people will be reading it decades from now. I know I will" (Charles Yu, National Book Award winning author of i>Interiror Chinatown/i>).
