January had a bizarre out-of-body moment where a detached part of his brain said: You’re very cold, it’s Monday, and a senator is arguing about you with a mammoth. On Mars. [loc. 4929]
I loved The Mars House instantly and unreasonably: but's far too soon for a proper review, so I'll just say that the footnotes feature Farringdon dock, formerly Farringdon Station; varying pronunciations of 'Mx'; Mori and Daughter, a shop on Filigree Street; bathroom terminology in Mandarin; The Clangers; mammoth jokes; and Shuppiluliuma, a cat named after a Hittite king who coincidentally appeared in my recent read 1177BC: the Year Civilisation Collapsed.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance review copy, in exchange for the full honest review which'll be appearing nearer UK publication date (19th March 2024).
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