A review by devilstatedan
Mammoth by Chris Flynn

5.0

An epic, sweeping, and hilarious cautionary tale of the troubling history and journey of humankind told through the perspective of a fossilised Mammoth! Our Mammoth is about to be sold at auction in New York City and shares a temporary warehouse space with the skull of an asteroid-obsessed cousin of the T.Rex , a prehistoric fossilised penguin with an attitude, a mummified hand that is convinced she is Egyptian royalty, and lastly by a Pterodactyl skeleton - the only one it seems which is content to listen to the long and winding narrative from our verbose mastodon. Throughout the narrative we hear each artifact's take on how they died and humanity's role to play in their demise, also how the Earth prospered within their particular lifetimes. Always alongside is the impact of humans (Clovis, as dubbed by the Mammoth) and the wanton destruction and exploitation of every resource at their hands. At the centre is the story of the mammoth; it's life, death, interment, and the adventurous journey after its release from the earth, a treasure to be stolen repeatedly and traversing continents. A great new literary take on eco and historical fiction and a must read for our times.