End of the World Blues (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553589962)

From Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of the celebrated Arabesk series, comes a stunningly inventive novel of futuristic noir set in a world of shifting realities. Here a man is drawn into a gritty postmodern subculture and a secret kingdom of otherworldly beings to find what he lost long ago: a reason to live.

Kit Nouveau figured he'd already come to the end of the world. An Iraqi war veteran, expatriate, and part owner of Pirate Mary's, the best Irish bar in Tokyo, Kit had settled down to await the inevitable with barely a whimper. It wasn't exactly how Kit thought he'd end up, and he was right.

It's going to end up a lot worse.

A teenage runaway with fifteen million dollars in stolen cash and a taste for cosplay is about to save Kit's life in a lethal swirl of scarlet and bridal lace. Lady Neku, a.k.a. Countess of High Strange, has her own dangerous destiny to fulfill and it's mysteriously connected to Kit's ravaged past. Now Kit's only hope for redemption is to save an ex-girlfriend he tragically failed once before. But everyone says it's already too late. And she's left behind only one ominous clue: her suicide note.

Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood
ISBN-10: 0553589962
ISBN-13: 9780553589962
Publisher: Spectra Books
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2007
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2007 pg. 832
Publishers Weekly 08/20/2007 pg. 53
Romantic Times 11/01/2007 pg. 68 - Excellent
Library Journal 10/15/2007 pg. 56
Booklist 09/15/2007 pg. 52
Asimov's Science Fiction 06/01/2008 pg. 137