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A review by a_a_ron3891
Far North by Marcel Theroux
3.0
I can't decide if this story occurs after the fall of this world at some unknown point in the future or in the gloaming of some odd parallel reality to ours. Contains some well-grounded magical realism (or is Scifi more accurate?) in parts - they're interesting but don't feel out of place in this cold post-apocalyptic tale. The main character is a better-realized version of the damaged loner that is inevitably the protagonist of this kind of book. I also enjoyed the sub-arctic setting.
Personal Note: Post-apocalyptic fiction is a genre I dearly love and am increasingly wary of, both because Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD - once you've read that you can't unring that bell, and because each story's weary insistence on their version of the end seems more and more plausible as you get older.
Personal Note: Post-apocalyptic fiction is a genre I dearly love and am increasingly wary of, both because Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD - once you've read that you can't unring that bell, and because each story's weary insistence on their version of the end seems more and more plausible as you get older.