Mixtape for the Apocalypse

by Jemiah Jefferson

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Meet Squire. He's your average music-obsessed twenty-three-year-old Portlander, juggling a job as an internet support technician, an indie comics gig, and a long-simmering crush on his best friend, Lise. He smokes too much weed, drinks too many cocktails, and watches too much Star Trek. And when his co-workers, baristas, and friends begin to turn on him one by one, his good-natured paranoia expands into a chilling, terrifying certainty about the end of the world. A darkly comic novel about a show more young man who slowly but surely loses his grip on reality, but never on his taste in music. show less

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shelley.s 39 reviews

I really liked this book. I have no idea how to categorize it though. Weirdly I quite like reading about characters that descend into psychosis as i find its very different to read which if done well, although in some cases it makes no sense what so ever, its completely gripping. This book was done well. Its really just a story of friendship, growing up, ever increasing paranoia, tons of weed and lots of The Bunnymen but i literally couldnt put it down. I read it in three days and my need for a bazaar character was definitely satisfied afterwards.

Jun 27, 2013

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