Shadowbahn by Steve Erickson7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In a brilliant set piece in the middle of the book, we are privy to a conversation taking place between John F. To give you a taste of the central character Zan’s politics, here he is reflecting on the responsibility of parenthood (another important theme): “he held a laissez-faire philosophy on certain things, that he felt it was up to his son and daughter to find their own way on smaller matters such as the existence of Satan or Republicans.” Erickson doesn’t shy away from politics, though. It’s inaccurate to say his new book is a political novel, if only because that label sticks to just one side of what’s a multifaceted work of art. If Hilary Clinton had won in November Shadowbahn still would be a profound precautionary tale, but Donald Trump’s election lends it a portentousness Erickson himself couldn’t entirely have seen coming. ![]() ![]() This is an extremely timely novel, as much by unfortunate accident as by design. A persistent theme in Steve Erickson’s new novel Shadowbahn is the accidental nature of epoch-defining moments. ![]()
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