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The Future Future by Adam Thirlwell is a truly unique and inventive historical novel that takes readers on a wild ride through time and space. Set in the eighteenth century, the novel follows Celine, a woman who finds herself the subject of scandalous rumors and lies spread by men who seek to control her. Thirlwell's writing is vivid and sensual, bringing to life a world of lavish parties and salons, of tulle and satin and sex. But this is also a world of revolution and resistance, where men rule with violence and language.

As Celine and her friends band together against evil and history, the novel takes readers on a journey through time and space, from France to colonial America to the moon. Thirlwell's language is dazzlingly inventive and blindingly bright, and his humor and modern sensibility make The Future Future a pleasure to read.

Ultimately, The Future Future is a novel about power, language, and the struggle for justice and truth in a world ruled by men. Thirlwell's characters are complex and compelling, and their quest for beauty and change feels urgent and contemporary. This is a novel like no other, and readers who enjoy inventive, boundary-pushing historical fiction will not want to miss it.

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I absolutely loved reading this book. I was completely drawn into the topic and could not stop reading it.

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