Jamestown: A Novel
 

Jamestown: A Novel

by Matthew Sharpe

Amazon Significant Seven, April 2007: On the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, you won't want to confuse Matthew Sharpe's new novel by that name with the many commemorative histories that are coming out alongside it. In this gleefully anachronistic and deeply scatological tale, history repeats itself in a post-apocalyptic future that's as violent as the past. Sharpe connects many... (read more)

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(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: I am personal friends with a number of staff members of Soft Skull Press, publishers of Jamestown, even to the extent of sometimes staying on their couches during past trips to New York. It should be kept in mind while reading this review.)

Is it just me, or has there been just a whole slew of high-profile, so-called "high literature" novels about the Apocalypse...

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  • OhThatCrazyPynchon

    ohthatcrazypynchon said:

    Brutal, comic genius.

    posted Wednesday, June 25 2008
  • bensbooks

    bensbooks said:

    I started to read it. It was complicated and crude at times, but fine. I just had to start my summer reading for school so I put it down. It's not the best book, but also not the worst.

    posted Wednesday, August 29 2007
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