Sinopsis de A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE END OF THE F*CKING WORLD
Superb entertaining Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm Telegraph Exceptionally funny from cover to cover it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply researched and thoughtful Irish Independent Fans of Phillips s earlier books Humans and Truth will be pleased that the ex BuzzFeed editor is on form not letting the grimness of his subject spoil his gagsmithery Guardian A great read Phillips fills his timeline of unfilled apocalypses with wry humour New Scientist Do you feel like we re living in the end times Does it seem like everything is on fire and one disaster follows another Here s a small comfort you re not the first to feel that way If there s one thing that people throughout history have agreed on it s that history wasn t going to be around for much longer This book is about the apocalypse and how humans have always believed it to be very f cking nigh Across thousands of years we ll meet weird cults failed prophets and mass panics holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days and suburbanites waiting for aliens to rescue them from a doomed Earth We ll journey back to the worst period to be alive as the world reeled from a simultaneous pandemic and climat
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781035402175
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 384
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 56m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 27/02/2025
Año de edición: 2025
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips es periodista y editor de Full Fact, la empresa líder en Reino Unido de comprobación de datos. Anteriormente fue el director editorial de BuzzFeed UK, donde hizo un perfecto reparto de su tiempo dedicado a noticias sobre temas muy importantes…y a hacer bromas. Estudió Historia y Antropología en la Universidad de Cambridge.