It might not be the most intellectual book I've read this year. Maybe not even the most intellectual book I've read this week, but for pure entertainment it scores highly.
An earthquake hits Los Angeles and releases swarm upon swarm of carnivorous beetles which proceed to eat every living thing in their path.
if you're looking for deep metaphorical insights into the human condition, this is the wrong place to look. If you're looking for dozens of excoriations, this is the place to be. Skin ripped off page after page, eyelids and eyeballs eaten live on the screen in your imagination when you pick up this book.
The prose is crisp and uncluttered, and sprinkled liberally with some pretty funny jokes in amongst the numerous violent deaths. It's gory, it's funny, it's got an unexpectedly downbeat ending. And it's bloody good fun to read.
You always know what to expect with an Adam Millard book, and I think this might be my favourite so far. It's certainly the first book I've completed in one day for several months.
It's available cheaply enough on Amazon - go out and buy it.
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