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The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
Books of Thomas Mullen in order
Thomas Mullen is an American author of historical mystery novels. His novels have gained such accolades as an NPR Best Book of the Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Southern Book Prize, Indies Choice Book Award, two Crime Writers Assocation Dagger Awards, USA Today Best Debut Novel, and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. Thomas lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and sons.
Darktown
Darktown (2016) — Buy on Amazon!
Lightning Men (2017) — Buy on Amazon!
Midnight Atlanta (2020) — Buy on Amazon!
Standalone Novels
The Last Town on Earth (2006) — Buy on Amazon!
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers (2010) — Buy on Amazon!
The Revisionists (2011) — Buy on Amazon!
Blind Spots (2023) — Buy on Amazon!
The Rumor Game (2024) — Buy on Amazon!
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#BookAdventCalendar2022 Day 23 Of his 7 books (one coming 4/23), Thomas Mullen's debut novel remains my favorite (even as wonderful as the others are!). The Last Town on Earth is a story about a small town in the Pacific Northwest that votes to quarantine from the rest of the world during the 1918 flu. Do you refuse help and care to outsiders to protect your own? And what happens when you bend the rules? Fantastic read!!
Gemeinsam Lesen - Darktown
Gemeinsam Lesen – Darktown
Guten Morgen meine Lieben 🙂
Der verdiente Urlaub ist leider wieder vorbei und ich bin zurück im Alltag. Aber zum Glück kann man sich den ja ein bisschen bunter gestalten. Lasst mich euch das Buch vorstellen, dass ich heute ganz frisch auf der Fahrt zu Arbeit beginnen werde:
1. Welches Buch liest du gerade und auf welcher Seite bist du?
Gleich im Bus werde ich starten mit “Darktown” von Thomas…
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The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
The Last Town on Earth
*originally posted Dec 2016
The Last Town on Earth review
Author: Thomas Mullen
I’m usually not a big reader of historical fiction, mostly because the ones I have read just aren’t interesting at all, or are also romance books. So, when I stumbled across this one while looking at various recommendations for dystopian literature, I thought I would give it a shot. Thankfully, the romance is kept t0 a minimum.
Back in 1918, when WWI was happening, the Spanish flu hit the world. Millions died, quickly. Like no other flu, it hit the young and healthy the worst, leaving many children orphaned. Towns did whatever they could to keep their inhabitants safe, including quarantining everyone.
Although this book is a work of fiction, many towns actually did cut themselves off from the rest of the world, prohibiting everyone from entering, banning townspeople from leaving until the flu had passed. Some towns were successful, some weren’t. But this novel takes the quarantine a step farther. While on guard, two men are faced with a stranger on the road before them. The stranger is coughing, but swears it’s because of a capsized ship rather than the flu. He is hungry and tired and just wants a place to rest. Quite the dilemma for the guards on duty, their only job to protect the town.
I don’t want to get too much into the plot because a lot of things happen, all very much because of cause and effect. One decision leads to another which leads to another. Mullen does an excellent job explaining the rationale for each decision, as well. There is a subplot involving the town next over, which just didn’t appeal to me. I feel like it could have been developed a bit more, but overall the book was really great and poses some really interesting questions.
We spend 15 Seconds In the Stacks with guest student librarian, Carina Langstraat, reviewing The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen.
http://www.inthestacks.tv/2017/11/nutshell-book-review-6-the-last-town-on-earth-by-thomas-mullen