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The Last Man Standing
by
Davide Longo
Italy is on the brink of collapse. Borders are closed, banks withhold money, the postal service stalls. Armed gangs of drug-fuelled youths roam the countryside. Leonardo was a famous writer and professor before a sex scandal ended his marriage and career. Heading north in search of her new husband, his ex-wife leaves their daughter and her son in his care. If he is to take...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
July 5th 2012
by MacLehose Press
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Reviewed by Becs for www.BookChickCity.com - 2.5 Stars on the blog.
THE LAST MAN STANDING is a dystopian novel set in Italy, where society has collapsed, the borders are closed and the future uncertain. We never find out what has caused such chaos as we follow the life of Leonardo but we do find out how he survives in this unruly world and how he overcomes the challenges that he has to face. THE LAST MAN STANDING is quite a serious and realistic read and shows how the love a parent has for their...more
THE LAST MAN STANDING is a dystopian novel set in Italy, where society has collapsed, the borders are closed and the future uncertain. We never find out what has caused such chaos as we follow the life of Leonardo but we do find out how he survives in this unruly world and how he overcomes the challenges that he has to face. THE LAST MAN STANDING is quite a serious and realistic read and shows how the love a parent has for their...more
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Two stars for parts one and two which showed vision, imagination and interested me despite being evocative of Cormac McCarthy's The Road which I had recently completed. Sadly as I began to read the confusing middle section, part 3 - oddly written in the first person as distinct from the rest of the book - and the following parts, I felt like I was reading two completely different books. I have the impression a bit of hurry up from the publisher contributed to the distinction between the earlier,...more
I had far too many late nights reading this book! This book is based in Italy and translated from Italian, it is a very haunting tale of a time in the future when the country is at the brink of collapse and armed gangs roam the countryside. Leornado takes his daughter and another child and tries to escape to safety , along the way they face raw survival as they travel through the countryside in poor conditions, they witness and are part of some terrible things along the way.
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From my review for the Times Literary Supplement:
"Apocalyptic fiction is often steeped in pseudo-Nietzschean assumptions about society as an unnatural restraint on human instinct, a structure designed (by a nameless “them”: you can pick your scapegoat) for the inefficient protection of the weak. Author Davide Longo’s great achievement in The Last Man Standing is to avoid completely this facile posturing and give the question of what we surrender for collective harmony a much more thoughtful anal...more
"Apocalyptic fiction is often steeped in pseudo-Nietzschean assumptions about society as an unnatural restraint on human instinct, a structure designed (by a nameless “them”: you can pick your scapegoat) for the inefficient protection of the weak. Author Davide Longo’s great achievement in The Last Man Standing is to avoid completely this facile posturing and give the question of what we surrender for collective harmony a much more thoughtful anal...more
Would give this book 3.75 but unable to on system - couldn't bring myself to give it a 4, although very close.
A very different read to my usual. Would read another of this writer's books. Think there may be a real classic in him going forward.
A very different read to my usual. Would read another of this writer's books. Think there may be a real classic in him going forward.
Amazing plot, a real page turner! Very thought provoking and unforgettable. Disturbing yet revealing of how truly wonderful human beings can be. Excellent writing! I only wish I could read Italian.
I do not want to be here when the end comes!
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Maybe a bit grown up for me, very realistic and something I could see happening in our future for my full review see www.bookchickcity.com
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