The End of the World Is Flat by Simon Edge
A satire about a Flat Earth ideological takeover, in which teachers and airline pilots get sacked for heretical globularism
‘This sparkling little comic novel is more than playful: it’s a satire of Swiftian ferocity, a thinly veiled parody of a prevailing madness of the hour’ Matthew Parris, columnist, The Times; ‘A bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle’ Francis Wheen, author of How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World; ‘Skewers the trans rights row with some nifty, often snort-inducingly funny satire’ The Times; ‘A biting satire’ Andrew Doyle, author of The New Puritans; ‘I laughed so hard I nearly fell in my cauldronA masterpiece’ Julie Bindel, author of Feminism for Women; ‘This is Animal Farm for the era of gender lunacy, with jokes’ Jane Harris, author of Sugar Money; ‘A satire that skewers the insanity of gender ideology with the wit and brilliance of a modern-day Swift’ Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality; ‘Edge holds social foibles and cod science up to ridicule with grace, wit and charm’ Helen Dale, The Critic; ‘Mixes history with a hilarious spoof of identity politics, virtue signalling and cancel culture’ Saga Magazine; ‘More than a clever jab at trans ideology: a warning about the vulnerability of liberal values’ Jo Bartosch, Lesbian & Gay News; ‘This merry romp punctures the idiocy that would turn language and good sense upside down and try to divide us all into either true believers or bigots’ Simon Fanshawe, author of The Power of Difference; ‘Wonderful. A must-read for all’ Julian Vigo, Savage Minds magazine and podcast; ‘This very, very interesting book about the flat-earthers of the world’ Mike Graham, Talk Radio; ‘Turns out I’ve been proven wrong: the world is not beyond satire. I know this thanks to Simon Edge and his very funny book’ Jonathan Kay, Quillette podcast; ‘In a refreshingly pointed reflection on the zeitgeist – a light-hearted lampoon, underpinned with wit and intelligence – Edge crafts an entirely conceivable plot, a parody that is awkwardly close to reality’ Yorkshire Times.
Simon Edge was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University.
He was editor of the pioneering London paper Capital Gay before becoming a gossip columnist on the Evening Standard and then a feature writer and critic on the Daily Express. He has an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, where he also taught literary criticism.
He is the author of six novels, all published by Lightning: The Hopkins Conundrum, The Hurtle of Hell, A Right Royal Face-Off, Anyone for Edmund?, The End of the World is Flat and In the Beginning. He has been described as ‘Britain’s leading exponent of Horatian satire’.
He lives in Suffolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785632402 |
| ISBN 10 | 178563240X |
| Title | The End of the World Is Flat |
| Author | Simon Edge |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Eye Books |
| Year published | 2021-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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