This book is a tour de force, full of wonderful insights [...] Professor Lisboa is equally at ease when discussing a film like King Kong as when considering a fine point by Derrida, a dramatic passage from Beckett or a picture by Hieronymus Bosch. This is a timely book for the uncertain times in which we live. Its scholarly credentials are unquestionable, its erudition impressive, its analysis sharp and illuminating, and its expression elegant.
Prof Peter W. Evans
Queen Mary, University of London
Chapter 1
Apocalypse Now and Again
Chapter 2
The World Gone M.A.D.
Chapter 3
And Then There Was Nothing: Is The End Ever Really The End?
Chapter 4
Falling out with Hal and Hester
Chapter 5
Dying of Happiness: Utopia at the End of this World
Afterword
Libera Me, Domine, De Vita Æterna