2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America by Albert Brooks
It should come as no surprise that Albert Brooks, a famous writer of things, would produce such a stunning, heartfelt, and hilarious opus, but 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, his first novel, still caught me off guard with both its prescient genius and its charm. Redolent of Kurt Vonnegut’s futuristic satire, Brooks’ debut is a sprawling character drama on a grand scale, set in a remarkably plausible world of tomorrow. In the year 2030, cancer is a thing of the past, the human lifespan is indefinite, and America is crippled by debt when disaster strikes, leaving the United States suddenly without one of its major cities. In this tale of love, resignation, terrorism, intrigue, and hope, we are reminded that social and political boundaries are arbitrary, and that only through cooperation can the human race persevere.
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