{"product_id":"9781529095937-everything-must-go","title":"Everything Must Go","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stories We Tell About the End of the World\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Baillie Gifford and Orwell Prize longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, an equally original and revealing exploration of one of the central concerns of our times: fantasies and nightmares of the end of the world, from Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e to the Manic Street Preachers’ \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e to the HBO’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will make you happy to be alive and reading – until the lights go out . Brilliant' – \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Clever and voluminous . So engagingly plotted and written’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched superintelligent AI wage war on humanity in \u003ci\u003eThe Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J. G. Ballard’s \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned World\u003c\/i\u003e, art, literature and politics were all haunted by recurring visions of apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e – a colourful, witty and stirring cultural history of the modern world that weaves in politics, history and science – Dorian Lynskey explores the endings that we have read, listened to, or watched with morbid fascination, from the sci-fi terrors of H. G. Wells and John Wyndham to the apocalyptic ballads of Bob Dylan and planet-shattering movie blockbusters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether we’re fantasizing about nuclear holocaust or a collision with an asteroid, a devastating pandemic or a robot revolution, why do we like to scare ourselves, and why do we keep coming back for more? And how do fictional premonitions of the end play into real-life responses to existential threats?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply illuminating about our past and our present, and surprisingly hopeful about our future, \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e will grip you from beginning to, well, end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was blown away by this book' – Sathnam Sanghera, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound' – Ian Dunt, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Westminster Works \u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eand Why It Doesn't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41593324798049,"sku":"9781529095937","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29639721.jpg?v=1725625967","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529095937-everything-must-go","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}