How to Survive Everything
2021 novel by Ewan Morrison
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How to Survive Everything is a 2021 speculative fiction novel by Ewan Morrison. It was longlisted for the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.
- 2021 (Saraband)
- 2022 (Harper Perennial)
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| Author | Ewan Morrison |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
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Publication date | March 1, 2021 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Pages | 357 |
| ISBN | 9781913393151 |
Plot
Ben and Haley are brother and sister and the children of a paranoid doomsday prepper, Ed. Upon hearing of the possibility of an upcoming pandemic, their father forces them to accompany him to a remote piece of land to ride out the future disaster along with several of his followers.[1][2]
Reception
Allan Massie praised Morrison for avoiding issues common in other dystopian novels such as poor characterization and noted Haley's sense of humor.[3] The Herald noted the book's careful handling of its themes.[4] Stuart Kelly wrote positively in The Spectator about the novel's plot and praised Morrison for humanizing doomsday preppers.[5] By contrast, Ben H. Winters panned the book in The New York Times, criticizing Morrison's narrative structure and describing the dialogue as "clumsy and forced."[2]
Awards and nominations
- Longlisted for the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year[6]