As a work of genre fiction – a cli-fi dystopia – it is derivative and stale. I’m not really sure who the target readership is for The Wall, John Lanchester’s Booker-longlisted novel about a post climate change future. The callow young narrator and a tendency to over-explain the obvious might tip it towards the YA category, but YA readers are likely to find it plo Dull, pedestrian dystopia It’s also unsatisfying as literary fiction, with flat prose, undeveloped themes and cardboard characters. It is 'anglicised variations of the Irish Gaelic surname Caomhánach.' (less)ĭull, pedestrian dystopia I’m not really sure who the target readership is for The Wall, John Lanchester’s Booker-longlisted novel about a post climate change future. The author went to school in England and lives in London, where Kavanaugh is a known surname. The confirmation hearings were September 2018 - 2 months is a short time to write a 200+ page book, get it through the editing, cover, design and other processes to get ARCs out to people to review in November. Which would imply that the book was written, edited (mostly if in ARC or fully) and done before then. I found this review dated as early as NOV 2018. It was also likely already written, edited and ready for publication during the confirmation hearings and therefore the likely hood of it being a coincidence is very high. A dark part of him wonders whether it would be interesting if something did happen, if they came, if he had to fight for his life.moreĪsteropê I have no idea the timeline on this book, but most books are written a good time before their actually publication date, months if not years in some c …more I have no idea the timeline on this book, but most books are written a good time before their actually publication date, months if not years in some cases. Beset by cold, loneliness, and fear, Kavanagh tries to fulfill his duties to his demanding Captain and Sergeant, even as he grows closer to his fellow Defenders. Failure will result in death or a fate perhaps worse: being put to sea and made an Other himself. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid the rising seas outside and are a constant threat. Failure will result in death or a fate Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall―an enormous concrete barrier around its entire coastline. Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall―an enormous concrete barrier around its entire coastline.

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