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Lädt ... All the Galaxiesvon Philip Miller
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John Fallon is a disillusioned journalist on a failing Glasgow newspaper. After a second failed independence referendum, Scotland is in turmoil, having broken into a number of autonomous city states. Roland, his son, has gone missing after a student protest turns into a violent clash with the newly militarised police. Roland has in fact been killed, but is wakened in the afterlife by his spirit guide, his beloved childhood dog, Kim. Kim takes Roland on a journey to the planet where the dead go, where Roland hopes to find his long dead mother. Meanwhile, Fallon, searching for his son, uncovers a trail that leads to beleaguered city leader, Parry, and his shadowy advisor, Norloch. As Roland makes a shocking discovery that requires an impossible choice, Fallon discovers that a great deal more is at stake than the future of one nation. In All the Galaxies, Miller presents a mesmerising morality tale than proves both a compulsive page-turner and unforgettable emotional journey. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Scotland is reeling after a second negative Independence Referendum and a wave of horrific and unexplained violence unleashed by "Wee Lawrence" and his Wardens. Holyrood has collapsed and Scotland has fractured into a number of quasi-independent city states, led by the newly christened Greater Glasgow.
As the story opens the Wardens have been captured and disbanded and Wee Lawrence is awaiting trial but in the wake of all the upheaval there has been a swing towards power seizures and armed police and voluntary militias. The people of Glasgow are anxious, angry and uncertain and John Fallon's teenaged son has been missing for two days.
There is an interesting story lurking here but unfortunately it isn't the one Miller chose to tell. Instead of delving deeper into these extreme but not entirely impossible developments, instead of telling us more about the Horrors unleashed by the Wardens and exploring the dramatic personal and political ramifications of home-bred extremism, especially when there is no clear motivation, Miller leads us on a meandering journey that includes a boy named Tarka travelling through the galaxies with a dead family dog to find his deceased mother, a former vicar manifesting the stigmata and the spin-doctor of Greater Glasgow's leader who appears to
Overall in was a frustrating reading experience of a story which, if focused and simplified, could have been a gripping and thoughtful version of a dark future. Instead it was uneven and lapsed eventually into silliness ( )