The End of the World Is Flat - by Simon Edge (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Mel Winterbourne's modest map-making charity, the Orange Peel Foundation, has achieved all its aims and she's ready to shut it down. But glamorous tech billionaire Joey Talavera has other ideas. He hijacks the foundation for his own purpose: to convince the world that the earth is flat. Using the dark arts of social media at his new master's behest, Mel's ruthless young successor, Shane Foxley, turns science on its head. He persuades gullible online zealots that old-style 'globularism' is hateful. Teachers and airline pilots face ruin if they reject the new 'True Earth' orthodoxy. Can Mel and her fellow heretics - vilified as 'True-Earth Rejecting Globularists' (Tergs) - thwart Orange Peel before insanity takes over? Might the solution to the problem lie in the 15th century? Using his trademark mix of history and satire to poke fun at modern foibles, Simon Edge is at his razor-sharp best in a caper that may be more relevant than you think.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'Anyone for Edmund? is gripping, funny and richly entertaining. This is not only a compelling read, but also a story grounded in real history and the genuine questions of national identity that are still thrown up by the legacies of medieval patron saints - and St Edmund in particular. While this book is fiction, at the heart of it is a truth every historian knows: the past is very much alive' --Dr Francis Young, author of <i>Edmund: In Search of England's Lost King For A Right Royal Face Off</i> <p/><br><br>'The way in which the eighteenth century is rendered in this novel is witty, observant and joyously gossipy. The characterisations are sharp and Simon Edge has the painter's eye for detail. It is paced beautifully and nothing is wasted' NB magazine 'The more of Simon Edge you read, the more you realise that every element of his stories is hand-selected and glued to the bigger picture - it's whimsical, farce-like... scrapbooky, in the best possible way' --<i>Buzz Magazine</i><br><br>For <i>Anyone for Edmund: </i> 'I loved this smart and divinely wry book, with its perfect marriage of archaeology, patron sainthood, and 10 Downing Street dirt. Has there ever been a more delightfully cynical political hack than Mark Price, or a more narratively rewarding neurotic prime minister than Marina Spencer? Long live them both! What a terrific eye and ear is at work here!' --Elinor Lipman <br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Simon Edge</b> was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University. He was editor of the pioneering London paper <i>Capital Gay</i> before becoming a gossip columnist on the <i>Evening Standard </i>and then a feature writer on the <i>Daily Express</i>, where he was also a theatre critic for many years. He has an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, where he also taught literary criticism. He is the author of four novels: <i>The Hopkins Conundrum</i>, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, <i>The Hurtle of Hell</i>, <i>A Right Royal Face-Of</i>f, and <i>Anyone for Edmund?</i>.
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