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Parasites Like Us

Parasites Like Us

Post-ApocalypticSatire
Pages
341
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

Dr. Hannah, an anthropology professor at a small Midwestern college, leads his graduate students in excavating what they believe is a Clovis burial site — until it isn't. The discovery unleashes something ancient and catastrophic that dismantles civilization piece by piece, forcing the men to confront their own mortality as the world collapses around them.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkThought-Provoking

Genres

Post-Apocalyptic Satire Science Fiction Suspense Psychology Self-Help Thriller

About the author

A
Adam Johnson

ADAM JOHNSON is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University. His fiction has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's, Tin House, Granta, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories. His other works include Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us. He lives in San Francisco. --https://www.facebook.com/pg/adamjohnsonbooks/about/

Characters

Hank HannahProtagonist
Dr. HannahProtagonist

An anthropologist and professor of archaeology who leads his graduate students in excavating a Clovis burial site, an act that inadvertently unleashes the end of civilization.

All characters in Parasites Like Us