Let There Be Lite

by Rupert Morgan

On a planet remarkably similar to our own, in the voraciously capitalist United States of Atlantis, the most powerful (i.e. richest) man in the world is media and IT tycoon John Lockes who made his fortune by copyrighting the Return Key on computer keyboards. An elusive figure and man of many secrets, Lockes is also a philanthropist and has, through his company Infologix, invented a system that will effectively end all crime - a satellite trackeding device known as 'Rectag'. Lockes is the man of the moment, and the time is right for a wart 'n' all biography and the man to write it is Macauley Connor, an embittered investigative journalist-turned-tabloid hack who knows he's reached rock bottom when he's sent to investigate a farmer who claims his chickens have been abducted by aliens. Meanwhile, a beautiful astronaut and an Infologix employee fall in love in orbit, a presidential candidate discovers he will stop at nothing to get elected and a bank heist goes horribly wrong when two rival gangs hit the same place at the same time.Anarchic, outrageous and ebullient, Let There Be Lite takes some laceratingly funny swipes at American politics, presidential elections, spin doctors, tabloid journalism, software billionaires, the fashion industry, fast food and food fads, chat shows (here hosted by the asinine Lola Colaco) and the very nature of celebrity itself. 'Rupert Morgan's satire of modern life is brilliant. He is like Ben Elton at his wittiest...his writing is fast and his characterization superb...Definitely one to watch' Express'Takes you up to the edge of libellous - and gets away with it...As a story it rattles along with the pace of a thriller. As an inventive swipe at the Establishment, it will make you laugh while you wince' Daily Mail'The match of the madder moments of John Irving or Tom Sharpe...this is a promisingly entertaining "lite" read' The Times

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction

416 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ružica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant and funny book!

[Joy Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The caption of the book: in the beginning, there was laughter... And god it was good!
The book absolutely lives up to the caption. I didn't know this when I first read it many years ago, but it was probably my first introduction to themes of existentialism - the idea tt the universe is inherently absurd and there's nothing humans can do about it. It deals with some pretty intense and dark themes, politics, freedom, deomocracy, science, absurdity, religion... It delivers some pretty hard-hitting insights and I don't think I'll ever look at life the same way again. but amazingly, it never sounds preachy. It is always always side-splittingly funny; I laughed and laughed and laughed. This book is absolutely amazing, I don't understand why it is so seriously underrated. Go pick up a copy and read, please!

[Tihana Knjigožderonja · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

took a while to get going with this one, but when the subtleties started working its magic it turned out to be a truly enjoyable read, with an unexpected, though also unsurprisingly logical (as was the entire novel), finale.
in more detail, it's the punchlines, the randomly sowed philosophical dilemmas of the current era, the non-judgmental bystander perspective of the author that made me giddy thinking: i need to show this book to my friends! they'd LOVE it and i can't wait to hear what they think of it!

[Greenbear · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant. Simply astonishing. The author is writing so cunningly and to-the-point that I just had to agree with whatever the current character was claiming, no matter how little sense it made. One of the best and most influencing books I have read in my entire life so far.

[Richard Mulholland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, amusing

[Ed van der Winden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is the funniest book I have ever read. Nothing is sacred, funny from start to finish. And (amazingly) it even has an interesting story.

[Damjan Krstanović · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starts brightly, but loses the edge throughout the book. It's perfectly alright, but misses that certain something for higher rating.

[Maja Lange · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absurdity galore; it's hilarious. :)