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A LA TIMES' BEST BOOK OF 2017 (FICTION) "A beautiful, moving, strange examination of apocalypse and rebirth.” - Neil Gaiman "Erickson has mobilized so much of what feels pressing and urgent about the fractured state of the country in a way that feels fresh and not entirely hopeless, if only because the exercise of art in opposition to complacent thought can never be hopeless." - New York Times Book Review A chronicle of a weird road trip, a provocative work of alternative history, and a dazzling discography of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, encompassing artists from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, SHADOWBAHN is a richly allusive meditation on the meaning of American identity and of America itself. "Jaw-dropping," says Jonathan Lethem (Granta).
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Interesting ideas, evocative writing and characters, I was so intrigued to see what it all meant and how it was all going to wrap up... but there was no real meaning or wrap-up. It didn't end so much as stop. Still it was an enjoyable ride, a thoughtful alternate history, and very successful at evoking the American experience ca. 2021 – from roadtrips, roadside attractions and mixtapes to 9/11, racial tensions, jingoism and the overall sense of not sharing a reality with many of your fellow citizens.