Friday, January 26, 2024

Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem

 First sentence:

"Edge had the highway to himself"

Description:

Since the war came and the bombs fell, Hatfork, Wyoming, has been a broken-down, mutant-ridden town. Young Chaos lives in the projection booth of the abandoned multi-plex cinema, trying to blot out his present, but unable to remember his past. Then, over a can of dog food, the local tyrant Kellogg reveals to Chaos that those bombs never actually fell. The truth, in fact, is a little more complicated.

So Chaos gets behind the wheel of an automobile and, accompanied by a fur-covered mutant female, sets out onto the empty highway for a journey to the edge of his American nightmare, in search of a missing identity and a stolen love." -- from the back cover

My thoughts:

I enjoyed this very strange book. I especially liked the characters Chaos and Melinda and how they helped each other in their journey to find a better home.

Date read: 1/25/2024
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Rating: 3*/5 = good

ISBN-10: 0571225306
ISBN-13: 9780571225309
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Year: 1995 (this edition: 2005)
# of pages: 247
Binding: Trade Paperback
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