Feed is dark, satirical and surprisingly funny. Don't be fooled by the blurb, which makes it out to be post-apocalyptic horridness. In a sense, it is, but not in the way the blurb makes it sound.

The story is about Titus and Violet, and the Feed - an internet connection implanted in the brain at birth. Titus, the narrator, is as ineloquent and bizarre as the rest of the world, and yet his narrative is startlingly deep and pretty; but not half as deep and pretty as Violet, who is a wonderful heroine. I find it extremely hard to explain what happens to them without spoiling the plot, but it serves mostly as a way of viewing the world of the future. The book is deliberately fuzzy about the science, and, combined with the ridiculous excesses of the future, the self-mutilating trends, the bizarre slang, the meaningless lyrics of the pop-songs and the fashions which change daily, it is truly funny and remarkably biting; even through the excess, the world is decaying, and people don't even notice. The adverts and consumerism ploughs on, and despite the humour it is truly disturbing. It is entirely deliberate.

I can guarantee you will think about this book after you read it. I can't give much better an advert than that.