Everything Must Go

Praise

“Clever and voluminous. . . . So engagingly plotted and written that it’s a pleasure to bask in its constant stream of remarkable tidbits and illuminating insights.”
—The Guardian (UK)
 
“A major piece of work, [a] heavyweight yet fleet-of-foot look at humankind’s fixation on the end of days, told through literature, popular art, science and more, as compelling as it is authoritative.”
—The Telegraph (UK)
 
“A fascinating guide. . . . Full of less-known cultural gems.”
—New Scientist (UK)
 
“Lynskey has a journalist’s eye for a great story and a killer quotation. . . . He is ridiculously well informed.”
—Literary Review (UK)
 
“Everything Must Go will make you happy to be alive and reading. . . . Brilliant.”
—The Spectator (UK)

“For a book drenched in destruction, Everything Must Go is not depressing, and often wryly funny. It is incredibly deeply researched, fluently written, moving deftly between close-up detail and broad-bush analysis.”
—The Arts Desk (UK)

“So enjoyable, that I didn’t want it to end—the world, or the book.”
—Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

“I was blown away by this book. The staggering range of references, the razor-sharp analysis, the wisdom, left me gasping out loud at times. Lynskey also somehow manages to make a book about the end of the world feel . . . hopeful. One of the best non-fiction writers around.”
—Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireworld

“Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound. You’ll never see humanity the same way again.”
—Ian Dunt, author of How Westminster Works