Gary, a lonely postal worker, transforms from sympathetic character to antagonist when he crosses paths with Teri at an Atlanta post office, revealing hidden depths beneath his unassuming exterior.
American post-apocalyptic fiction depicts America surviving national collapse to expose present anxieties about democracy, morality, progress, and religious millenarianism.
Humanity survives a century of disasters, offering nuanced optimism, while the realist novel remains the best instrument to represent inner life and contemporary digital experience.
