Review:
"A rich noir in a terrifingly convincing alternate America. It’s both beautiful and brutal. The Handmaid’s Tale for Black Lives Matter." (Lauren Beukes)
"A top-flight thriller that's as emotionally searing and tragically plausible as anything in contemporary fiction." (Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians)
"Winters has written a book that will make you see the world in a new light." (Washington Post)
"This one kept me up all night and changed the way I saw the world once I was finished." (Time Magazine)
"Ben H. Winters new novel (Underground Airlines) makes the word ‘thrilling’ seem inadequate. Not only could I not stop reading it, it changed the way I looked at everything around me once I was finished." (Observer)
"Winters creates a powerful and timely ethical framework for his fast moving new thriller." (BBC Culture)
"What distinguishes Underground Airlines as literature is the acuity and penetration of Winter’s moral vision – a perception that goes far beyond and specific historical injustices ... Winters allows Victor to exquisitely express our own moral unease." (Financial Times)
"Underground Airlines is an almost painfully timely novel. In the wake of disengenous Brexit campaigns, #BlackLivesMatter and Donald Trump ‘s wall-building plans, an alternate history story that tackles the thorny issue of race relations feels all too relevant. Don’t be put off by the politics – it’s also a compelling thriller with a complex hero." (SciFi Now)
"A carefully considered, micro-detailed examination of a modern America ... Victor is a compelling, multi-layered character." (SFX Magazine)
"Underground Airlines is bold, brilliant, and beautiful -- everything you could want from a novel, Ben Winters delivers ten-fold. He's a writer to watch, one of exceptional vision and imagination whose characters draw the reader in to the point that an alternate history seems not only plausible, but the only one that counts until the final page." (Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead)
Book Description:
Robert Harris' Fatherland meets 12 Years A Slave, UNDERGROUND AIRLINES is a high concept novel with lots of suspense, and a deeply human, flawed protagonist.
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