Book review: The Night of the Long Goodbyes a scarily real futuristic black comedy

The light of that world hides in the shadows of this one

The Night of the Long Goodbyes Erik Martiny

H. P. Lovecraft (Call of Cthulhu; Shadow over Innsmouth): great writer at a terrible time. Lived penniless, lauded in death. E. L. James (Fifty Shades of Grey): Terrible writer at a great time. Cork’s own Erik Martiny (Night of the Long Goodbyes): Great writer at a great time. Rich or poor, their words constitute a contemporary message, warning, and fear.

The experienced science fiction writer is an explorer of futures, following certain theoretical trajectories; a proponent of taking a component from the contemporary climate and following a hypothetical path of its development, sometimes utopian, often dystopian. Martiny’s personal expedition into the future of sensationalist politics is absolutely a product of speculating upon the future with respect to our current.