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Jamestown: A Novel

by Matthew Sharpe

Jamestown chronicles a group of “settlers” (more like survivors) from the ravaged island of Manhattan, departing just as the Chrysler Building has mysteriously plummeted to the earth. This ragged band is heading down what’s left of I-95 in a half-school bus, half-Millennium Falcon. Their goal is to establish an outpost in southern Virginia, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the... (more)

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jasonpettus
  • Rated 5 stars

(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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Antoinette P
  • Rated 2 stars

Man, this was one WEIRD book! And the ending was BAD!! A friend of mine wanted to read and I told him he should when I had just started the book, and once I read it, I regretted telling him to read it. He thought it was weird too. If you're curious, read it, but it is REALLY weird!

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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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