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