BEFORE AND AFTER BOOK REVIEW: Nostradamus (or Mike) at his predictable best.
- M.P.Norman
- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min read
It begins with the cover which promises "exploding sheep, Nostradamus, and the end of the world". There's a picture of a sheep chewing grass and looking warily at his neighbor, a sheep who is blasting off into the stratosphere on the back cover. "'Baaaaahhhhhh!' said Colin. 'KERBOOOOOOOOM!'replied Kevin." And if that isn't enough to make you at least hold the book in your hands for several minutes and contemplate buying it, well then... well then... Well, you should be. A damn funny story revolving, well, exploding sheep, Nostradamus, and the end of the world (no false advertising there). The premise is that Nostradamus, as well as being a genuine prophet of great insight, is also immortal. It's the last few months before the Millennium and the end of the world is coming. Nostradamus, or Mike as he likes to be called, is looking for the best place to run and hide. And what better way to run and hide is surrounded by enjoyable characters. Adam, the sleazy tabloid reporter; Deborah, the bright young thing to Q'almn, the multi-tentacled advertising executive from another solar system; Ted Trundell, the American televangelist to Guttlehog and Rubicante, minor demons of Hell. The book is silly, funny, and filled with a Terry Pratchett sense of wisdom and wonder. With great characters, wickedly funny, slickly written, positively contemporary piece of enjoyable literature.
An enjoyable read for the masses and a dark, deadpan millennial tale. I've re-read this book countless times, picked one of the first copies up from a small book shop on its initial release, and is a book I still enjoy today and which have traveled to countless countries in my backpack.
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