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The only words that are worth remembering follows the Van Zandt clan, fugitives from an American dystopia where knowledge has returned to pre‑Copernican levels. After discovering a preserved space vehicle beneath Cape Canaveral, the family faces a bleak choice: test‑pilot the ship together or send each member to prison for life. Their decision propels a slapstick, darkly humorous road‑trip across an uncanny America, examining the tension between solitude and the messy consolations of family life. narrated by a son to his daughter, the novel blends dystopian satire with witty, slow‑cooked humor, painting an indelible vision of a future that might one day be ours.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comic Satire
Authors: Jeffrey Rotter
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