Review

Addiction, loneliness and no electricity are some of the features of Bethany Clift's dystopian Last One at the Party

By Penelope Cottier
May 1 2021 - 12:00am
  • Last One at the Party, by Bethany Clift. Hodder & Stoughton, $32.99.

Since 1826, when Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man, many novels have dealt with the destruction of the human race due to illness, war or Martians. Last One at the Party stands in this tradition, at a time when many of us have realised just how much effect a virus can have.

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