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A review by jdintr
Anthem by Noah Hawley
5.0
This was one of the best books I read in 2022.
The Anthem echoes the "Anthem for Doomed Youth," the World War 1 poem by Wilfred Owen, but it has many other tinges as well of patriotism, and honor.
In a world not too different from ours, where a President rules in limbo, awaiting election results he can accept, a group of teenagers negotiate a environment where teen suicide is endemic. Gun-crazed
While acknowledging the environment, the "heavy" in the novel is a Jeffrey Epstein-esque character who moves above the law, luring children into his lair and trapping them there. In the book's climax the "doomed youth" make there way through a civil-war-like landscape to try to take him down.
The book was so topic, so entertaining. I really enjoyed it. An excellent read, indeed.
The Anthem echoes the "Anthem for Doomed Youth," the World War 1 poem by Wilfred Owen, but it has many other tinges as well of patriotism, and honor.
In a world not too different from ours, where a President rules in limbo, awaiting election results he can accept, a group of teenagers negotiate a environment where teen suicide is endemic. Gun-crazed
While acknowledging the environment, the "heavy" in the novel is a Jeffrey Epstein-esque character who moves above the law, luring children into his lair and trapping them there. In the book's climax the "doomed youth" make there way through a civil-war-like landscape to try to take him down.
The book was so topic, so entertaining. I really enjoyed it. An excellent read, indeed.