Ubik by Philip K. Dick

Ubik by Philip K. DickGlen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.

and ties in to topical debates around identity in the context of Brexit and the centenary of the foundation of Northern Ireland

inspiring and courageous

of a mother and child

hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic and chilli peppers

safer option

they create a sense of nostalgia and act as a memorial

be they Zeus or Agamemnon

One summer's evening

a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since World War II

Sam chooses to live in their father's shadow

Published soon after Fitzgerald's debut novel This Side of Paradise

Abendsen lives in fear of his life for he has written a book in which World War Two was won by the Allies