In The Beginning by Simon Edge

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From the author of The End of the World is Flat The Terg wars are over. Now meet the Yerfs 'Brilliant! Perfectly captures both the absurdity and horror of this madness'. Gareth Roberts. When Tara Farrier returns to the UK after a long spell as an aid worker in war-torn Yemen, she's hoping for a well-deserved rest. But a cultural battleground has emerged while she's been away, and she's unprepared for the sensitivities of her new colleagues at an international thinktank. A throwaway reference show more to volcanic activity millions of years ago gets her into hot water and she discovers she belongs to the group reviled by fashionable activists as 'Young Earth Rejecting Fascists', or 'Yerfs'. Faster than she can say 'Tyrannosaurus Rex', she is at the centre of a gruelling legal drama. In the keenly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed The End of the World is Flat, Simon Edge stabs once again at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour with stiletto-sharp satire. show less

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Aug3Zimm 421 reviews

An enjoyable read. The only negative is that it runs into the problem of real life being too ridiculous to really satirize so it doesn’t feel as outrageous and hilarious of a satire as The End of the World is Flat. However I enjoy the author’s writing style and overall tone, which makes this a good read even if it sometimes feels like a retelling with a few facts changed.

Jun 12, 2023

themulhern 2,101 reviews

The sequel. Analogizes reality even more closely. There is a stand-in for Keir Starmer in the book; now he has been elected. Guess that's it for the dinosaurs.

Aug 14, 2024

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