2020

“Imagines a chillingly plausible near future in which a terrorist attack in the United Kingdom sparks a radical white nationalist backlash. . . . This complex picture of a fraught political future will leave readers unsettled by its terrifying plausibility."—Publishers Weekly, starred review “Impressive . . . This novel is so realistic that it is reminiscent of Orson Welles’ classic The War of the Worlds fictional radio broadcast, which many listeners believed. . . . 2020 offers a short, sharp reminder of how delicately balanced many modern societies actually are.”Booklist "Kenneth Steven’s dystopian novel 2020 is as tightly compressed and explosive as a block of Semtex. By focusing on a small group of interrelated characters in and around a Northern English town in the near future, 2020 explores an all-too possible scenario in which race, religion, politics, and opportunism lead to a seemingly unstoppable cycle of violence and heartbreak."Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer- and Tony Award–win