<![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]>

false 3548441 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 3548441 2 3590480 14 10 2008 Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America total:165|5:35|4:60|3:51|2:14|1:5| 165 601 391 63 42411 3.62 305 114 37628559 42934 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 3 3 false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 10:46:54 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 12:49:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 36128615 76855 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 5 3 false Fri Oct 24 14:53:14 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 15:06:09 -0700 2008
Sure, it's about apocalypse (in this case socio-economic), and the story is spun around the reuniting of a group of master criminals, but at its core "Liberation" is about people, about the myth of America, and how normal people deal with calamity ...more...]]> 40155205 157567 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 3 false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:09:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 14:29:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 47701288 2078906 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 3 0 false Fri Feb 27 11:20:50 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:22:44 -0800 2009
The building and all its books are still intact, she knows; the employees of the library madea spontaneous pact to defend it as soon as the police force stopped working, and now they just live in the building. They hauled beds into the offices and corners of the huge reading...more...]]> 46836261 1153204 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 23:05:46 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 23:10:07 -0800 2009 1 Liberation harbors deep sadness and considerable desperation - it's McCarthy's The Road with a clown mask on, both manic and frightening.

The scenario cert...more...]]> 38223893 738916 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 0 1 false Thu Nov 20 09:22:32 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 09:22:41 -0800 2008 51374368 344179 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:02:47 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:23:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61782084 923535 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 1 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 11:43:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:11:17 -0700 2009
The story revolves around a group of high-end con-artist/thieves as they try to "get the band ...more...]]> 80604043 1620471 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 18:03:54 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 08:33:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52095855 757205 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 11:52:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:26:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:52:49 -0700 2009 1
If you liked Spaceman Blues, his first book, you find this one espe...more...]]> 53484835 629689 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 2 0 false Tue Apr 21 11:49:22 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:52:30 -0700 2009
Rarely do I throw a book down...more...]]> 46211127 288368 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 22:39:47 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 17:15:31 -0800 2009
Brian Francis Slattery turns what could have been a run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic adventure into a great and varied tapestry of events that never loses contact with the ground. The stories are plausible, the mythology...more...]]> 38375038 1074943 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 22 08:04:33 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 13 10:03:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45806042 8560 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 09 00:54:37 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:18:23 -0700 2009
What does this bankrupt American wasteland look like? Starvation and violence has killed the majority of the population. A drug lord rules ...more...]]> 65082568 1416322 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 20:51:40 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 20:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 55104887 263750 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:48:52 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:57:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45182380 1295323 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 15:18:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:19:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 51937592 120247 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 2 1 false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:03:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:08:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 71026141 366204 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 2 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 21:45:57 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 21:51:03 -0700 2009
I love post-apocalyptic literatur...more...]]> 53923311 225008 3548441 0765320460 9780765320469 62 <![CDATA[Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3548441.Liberation_Being_the_Adventures_of_the_Slick_Six_After_the_Collapse_of_the_United_States_of_America 3.64 165 Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past such as the human slave trade. Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery. Liberation is a story about living down the past, personally and nationally; about being able to laugh at the punch line to the long, dark joke of American history. Slattery’s prose moves seamlessly between present and past, action and memory. With Liberation, he celebrates the resilience and ingenuity of the American spirit.</DIV>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sat Apr 25 09:49:21 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 09:52:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3548441