Review: good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2012
In his book, FALL OF THE CITIZENS, the author writes about the frailties of the USA's domestic condition.  Mr. Thomas eerily recounts where our country was in the past, where it is today and the direction it may take in the future.  The plot revolves around a purported ebola outbreak so virulent that much of the USA's population is in jeopardy.  However, a drug company has a vaccination that will both cure the infected and inoculate the healthy.  But this wonder drug is so expensive that only the wealthy can afford it.  Fear causes otherwise sane people to join a group that will steal the drug and give free injections of it to one and all.  The group leader is a madman portraying himself to the masses as a beneficent hero.  Gradually he is found out, and the US Army gets involved.  But honest media and a few brave souls save the ideals, principles, values and laws upon which this country rests.  The story is riveting.  It could likely be fact rather than fiction.  The reader will think about the histories of other countries, past and present.  The reader will be afraid of what was, is and may be.  Despite some editing problems, this book was an easy and compelling read.  Normally I find lewd language unnecessary and detracting.  Not so here.  There is language and a little promiscuity, but both are fitting.  I was reminded of PATTON wherein Gen. Patton cursed with every breath.  Can you imagine his strongest language being 'gee' and 'gosh darn?'  I like the author's use of imagery and symbolism.  I was especially reminded of Hemingway's A FAREWELL TO ARMS.  FALL OF CITIZENS begins in the summer and ends in the fall.  Well done, Mr. Thomas.