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The Last Town on Earth
Written by Thomas Mullen
Narrated by Henry Strozier
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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During World War I, the influenza pandemic ultimately killed more people around the world than the war itself. The Last Town on Earth takes as its launching point a striking historical footnote: some uninfected towns were so terrified of the surrounding flu that they closed their entrances, posted signs warning strangers not to enter, and even stationed armed guards to make sure no outsiders brought infection into their communities. Mullen incisively imagines this situation, employing it as the basis for the moral drama spurring his story forward. One night, an infected soldier approaches the newly founded town of Commonwealth, which was created as a refuge for its mill worker residents, begging for food and shelter. Should the guards on duty admit a stranger to their town (someone who has been fighting a war on their behalf), thereby putting their families and loved ones at risk of infection? Or should they place their lives above his and leave him to freeze to death in the dark woods?
Author
Thomas Mullen
Thomas Mullen is the author of The Last Town on Earth, which was named Best Debut Novel of the Year by USA Today and Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, and won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and son.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good book about the flu epidemic of 1918. Very good author and narrator.
Listening to this story as the COVID 19 pandemic winds down, I’m thinking that we should all fall to our knees and thank God that we live in the age of modern medicine! There no doubt was plenty of suffering during this pandemic and plenty of people died, but without the help of modern medicine the suffering of the sick would have been far, far worse.
This story, written way before the advent of COVID, really drives this point home.
Great character development as all facets of human nature are brought to the surface in this frightening and most terrifying scenario. Quite a multifaceted and complex story. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hits very close to home during the COVID pandemic. Makes you examine your own feelings and beliefs and question what you would do. Very well written.