This book is a large deviation from what Mandel normally writes. He’s an inevitable figure in a state of anarchy. Even though the US does not have a lot of strong religious figures now, she felt the collapse might lead to one. Mandel included him because she sees in areas where there is not a strong societal structure, warlords are able to take control. The idea was really fun to her and she ran with it.Įveryone wanted to know about the prophet and if she was trying to make a religious statement. She liked the idea of a symphony being improvised because of the odd mix of musicians that made it up. The symphony played a big part and Mandel was asked why she included them. She assured us this is a standalone and was making the point that the world will continue to change after the story ends. The asker referenced the electricity at the end as the means for a sequel. She was asked about a sequel which surprised me because I saw the book as very complete. Mandel simply shrugged and said she figured there were more guns in the south. When my mom was reading the book, she noticed a few lines about how things were more violent in the South. She also liked that as a peninsula, it had access to fresh water and a boundary around which the symphony could travel. She said that was her main reasoning, really. The obvious question when an author from western Canada living in New York chooses Michigan as a setting for her novel is “Why?” Mandel had visited Petoskey, Michigan on a book tour one time and fell in love with the area.
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