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Chargement... Failed State: A Novel (2020)par Christopher Brown
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The third book in my friend Chris Brown’s series on a collapsed United States focuses on the aftermath of civil war and revolution as society struggles to both rebuild and try alternate futures. It’s a difficult book to easily summarize as there are a lot of interesting ideas explored here, but it probably works best in the sections set in a New Orleans that has returned to nature. The balance between governance, human, and natural needs is mirrored in the central character of the idealistic lawyer who needs to do what he can to see justice prevails while still working within a system in chaos. This is a book that will make you think, and maybe even ask yourself some probing questions about how you would act in the same circumstances. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A Philip K. Dick Award Nominee "The novel is as tense and thrilling as any of Brown's work, and as full of rage and hope. It's a novel that truly reckons with the enormity of both our climate emergency and the system that produced it - a tale of human imperfection and redemption." -- Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of Walkaway In this second dystopian legal thriller from the author of the acclaimed Rule of Capture and Tropic of Kansas, lawyer Donny Kimoe juggles two intertwined cases whose outcomes will determine the course of America's future--and his own. In the aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. The old regime has been deposed, but the ex-president has vanished, escaping justice for his crimes. Some believe he is dead. Others fear he is in hiding, gathering forces. As the factions in Washington work to restore order, Donny Kimoe is in court to settle old scores--and pay his own debts come due. Meanwhile, the rebels Donny once defended are exacting their own kind of justice. In the ruins of New Orleans, they are building a green utopia--and kidnapping their defeated adversaries to pay for it. The newest hostage is the young heiress to a fortune made from plundering the country--and the daughter of one of Donny's oldest friends. In a desperate gambit to save his own skin, Donny switches sides to defend her before the show trial. If he fails, so will the truce, dragging the country back into violence. But by taking the case, he risks his last chance to expose the atrocities of the dictatorship--and being tried for his own crimes against the revolution. To save the future, Donny has to gamble his own. The only way out is to find the evidence that will get both sides back to the table, and secure a more lasting peace. To do that, Donny must betray his clients' secrets. Including one explosive secret hidden in the ruins, the discovery of which could extinguish the last hope for a better tomorrow--or, if Donny plays it right, keep it burning. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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2) The main character is a true-to-life lawyer: amoral, believes that the ends justify the means, and has no true personal convictions beyond winning. While this kind of character could have been made to be at least a little sympathetic, the author fails completely. Really, this character is a despicable shit stain and I can't help but think that perhaps this guy and the author share some of the same characteristics.
3) Here's a formulaic process you'll see more than a few times in the pages of this book: [crappy action performed by the protagonist] -->[facts of the case presented] -->[exculpatory explanation].
4) Brown's an explainer, and every little bit of mystery is carefully sterilized and lit with enough light to ensure you won't have to perform any mental activity other than follow him down the path. ( )