- Natural disasters, Fiction, Regression (Civilization)
Traces the harrowing reconstruction of the United States after most of its population is killed by a natural disaster, an effort lead by President James Kipper and challenged by pirates, freebooters, and a rogue governor of Texas.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- John Birmingham
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 532
- Publisher
- MacMillan, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781405039413
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John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir [*He Died with a Felafel in His Hand*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Died_with_a_Felafel_in_His_Hand "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand"), the [*Axis of Time*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time "Axis of Time") trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the *Cruel Stars* trilogy. (More on [*Wikipedia*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birmingham).)
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