Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Lang:en
Summary
Comedian and filmmaker Brooks welcomes the reader to the
year 2030 in his smart and surprisingly serious debut. Cancer
has been cured, global warming is an acknowledged reality,
people have robot companions, and the president is a Jew--and
oy vey does he have his hands full with an earthquake-leveled
Los Angeles and a growing movement by the young to
exterminate the elderly. And when the Chinese offer to
rebuild L.A. in exchange for a half-ownership stake in
Southern California, President Bernstein is faced with a
decision that will alter the future of America. Brooks's
sweeping narrative encompasses a diverse cast of characters,
including an 80-year-old Angelino left homeless by the
earthquake, a trust fund brat with a grudge against the
elderly, and a teenage girl saddled with debt after her
father's death, all of whom get brought together just in time
for a climactic hostage crisis. Brooks's mordant vision
encompasses the future of politics, medicine, entertainment,
and daily living, resulting in a novel as entertaining as it
is thought provoking, like something from the imagination of
a borscht belt H.G. Wells. (May)
“With
2030 Mr. Brooks has made the nervy move of
transposing his worrywart sensibility from film to book. Two
things are immediately apparent about his debut novel: that
it’s as purposeful as it is funny, and that Mr. Brooks
has immersed himself deeply in its creation.”--_New
York Times_ "The novel is a revelation, painting a caustic, unsettling
and only occasionally comic portrait of a country plumb down
on its luck."--_Los Angeles Times_ "Albert Brooks is a keen and critical social
observer...His first novel is an inspired work of social
science fiction, thoughtful and ambitiously conceived, both
serious and seriously funny."--_Boston Globe_ “Comedian and filmmaker Brooks welcomes the reader
to the year 2030 in his smart and surprisingly serious
debut....Brooks's mordant vision encompasses the future of
politics, medicine, entertainment, and daily living,
resulting in a novel as entertaining as it is thought
provoking, like something from the imagination of a borscht
belt H.G. Wells.”--_Publishers Weekly_ "An intriguing vision of America’s
future."--_Library Journal_ "Required reading!"--_New York Post_ “As a comedian and filmmaker, the very gifted Albert
Brooks has specialized for more than 30 years in cooking up
quandaries with no ready solution except humiliation. His
often ingenious first novel is no exception.”--_New
York Times Book Review_ "Brooks's vision of the future is credible and
compelling."--_Booklist_From Publishers Weekly
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