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Information for Book Clubs
With its exploration of such topics as citizenship and patriotism during wartime, morality, fear, and the struggle between the individual and society, The Last Town on Earth will give book clubs plenty of avenues for spirited debate.
If you'd like a head start, some of the novel's publishers have posted discussion questions online:
Random House (US)
HarperCollins (UK)
Interested in having the author visit your group, or in having him call in for a "virtual author visit" via the magic of speakerphones? If so, email Thomas.
Information for Schools and Communities
The Last Town on Earth has been chosen for several One Book/One City programs and Freshmen Reads for college orientation. If you're interested in having Thomas visit your school or community and would like to discuss his schedule or would like to hear testimonials from other schools, email him here.
To see a presentation Thomas gave at the 2010 Freshmen Year Experience conference, speaking before an audience of college professors, deans and administrators, click here. He was part of a 5-author panel in which the authors spoke consecutively and were given only ten minutes each (which explains his "speed dating" comment at the beginning, and the fact that he was talking a tad faster than usual).
For a teacher's guide and other academic resources from Random House, click here.
Buy the Book:"The Last Town on Earth wraps the reader in its quiet power. As the characters become trapped by their town, we become increasingly trapped by our own fears and hopes. Thomas Mullen's debut is stirring, classic storytelling, with a deep resonance between the book's moment in history and our own times."
-Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow
"Like the best historical fiction, The Last Town on Earth illuminates a place and time not our own . . . Mullen's novel [also] could not be more timely or relevant, and eerily so. I promise you, while you're reading The Last Town on Earth, the mere sound of a cough will be enough to raise the hair at the back of your neck."
-Larry Watson, author of Montana 1948 and Orchard