ADULT FICTION
General Fiction
Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World.
By Sasha Fletcher.
Feb. 2022. 224p. Melville, paper, $17.99 (9781612199474).
Fletcher’s unusual debut novel evokes a surreal, heightened version of reality. It follows Sam and Eleanor, two Brooklynites whose lives are constantly unsettled by a bombardment of shocking news—potential nuclear wars, unexplained planes crowding the sky, and the growing threat of the secret police. In this world, everything is precarious, including Sam’s work as a freelancer. Sam finds solace in constantly devising sumptuous meals to cook for Eleanor, described in exacting detail by the narrator, whose voice and opinions often take over the novel. The digressive prose of the narrator is relentless, hyperactive, and indignantly and understandably angry at police brutality, student loans, and the…
