Failed State

A Novel

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Christopher Brown: Failed State (2020, HarperCollins Publishers)

English language

Published Feb. 10, 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-06-285912-9
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4 stars (1 review)

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Review of 'Failed State' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A thoroughly enjoyable 4.5 here. You can see definite development in the author and that made this a very smooth read.
Plenty of crunchy speculation about community and governance in a world ravaged by climate crisis and poor government. A world, not so very far from our own.
The characters are all compromised in some way, there are no heroes here. Which, to my mind, suits the setting very well.
This is still, at heart, a legal potboiler thought and a very well executed one at that.
Recommend.

Subjects

  • Fiction, dystopian
  • Fiction, thrillers, legal
  • Fiction, alternative history