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4.0
On an earth not so different from our own, Cliff is having a very bad day. The garbage workers are on strike, his deceased mother-in-law has possessed the fridge, his daughter has become a mall zombie, and nuclear war looms closer every day. All in all, things are not doing so well in suburbia either - radiation has turned the grass into a living carpet of doom. With things falling apart at home and around the world, Cliff decides to take it all on, and he might - with a little help - manage to change the world while he's at it.
This book was great, and I highly recommend it if you can find a copy. The book doesn't take itself seriously, with Cliff seeing the absurdity of the crazy situations he finds himself in. My only problem is that Captain Jack Zodiac plays such a small part in the book, yet is the title - but that is a small complaint compared to the tongue-and-cheek humor of the book. If you enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction and surrealism, you will love this book.
This book was great, and I highly recommend it if you can find a copy. The book doesn't take itself seriously, with Cliff seeing the absurdity of the crazy situations he finds himself in. My only problem is that Captain Jack Zodiac plays such a small part in the book, yet is the title - but that is a small complaint compared to the tongue-and-cheek humor of the book. If you enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction and surrealism, you will love this book.
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