Everything Must Go

Clever and voluminous . . . So engagingly plotted and written that it’s a pleasure to bask in its constant stream of remarkable titbits and illuminating insights. * The Guardian * 'Everything Must Go will make you happy to be alive and reading – until the lights go out . . . Brilliant.' *  The Spectator * Lynskey has a journalist’s eye for a great story and a killer quotation . . . He is ridiculously well informed. * Literary Review * Lynskey's encyclopedic knowledge . . . and his glee at the sheer inventiveness of the doomsayers' creations, make this an unlikely page-turner . . . a curiously entertaining read. -- Mat Osman, <i>The Observer</i> A fascinating guide . . . full of lesser-known cultural gems. * New Scientist * A rich and remarkable book -- Matt D'Ancona, <i>The New European</i> I was blown away by this book. The staggering range of references, the razor-sharp analysis, the wisdom, left me gasping out loud at times. Lynskey also somehow manages to make a book about the end of the world feel . . . hopeful. One of the best non-fiction writers around. -- Sathnam Sanghera, author of <i>Empireland</i> So enjoyable, that I didn't want it to end – the world, or the book. -- Adam Rutherford, author of <i>A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived</i> A major piece of work, [a] heavyweight yet fleet-of-foot look at humankind’s fixation on the end of days, told through the prism of history, religion, literature, popular art, science and more, as compelling as it is authoritative. -- Ian Winwood * The Telegraph * Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound. You’ll never see humanity the same way again. -- Ian Dunt, author of <i>How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't</i> For a book drenched in destruction, Everything Must Go is not depressing, and often wryly funny. It is incredibly deeply researched, fluently written, moving deftly between close-up detail and broad-brush analysis. * The Arts Desk *