2029

First, let me declare a minor conflict of interest: The author and I were at school together. We were not especially close, were in different houses and it was forty years ago , so I am pretty certain that I can be reasonably objective here.

I enjoyed reading *2029*. While it is not *War and Peace*, it is pleasantly light and entertaining. The story follows the adventures of an individual in the years after Brexit and a pandemic. The hero gets into all sorts of scrapes and has a bad habit of falling in (largely unrequited) love with almost every pretty girl he runs across. The premise behind the circumstance is at least intriguing, given these current COVID-19 times and pending Brexit. If there is one weakness with this work it is that I would have liked to see these themes more fully explored.

If you are searching for something deep and meaningful, then this would not be the book for you. You would be better off with something like Sartre’s *Nausea*. However, if you are looking for some none too intellectually taxing, but fun reading material, then this book could be for you. In my professional life, I have to do book reviews and referee reports (I am a professor of philosophy). So, this book made a nice change from my standard reading diet. On this basis then, I commend it to other readers.