"Thomas Mann’s unfinished European classic takes a speculative turn to a dystopian future, via a ’70s joyride through middle America. Precocious con-man Felix Krull meets his match in Sophie Vaughan, astral temptress and first woman president. Together they must choose sides in the looming battle between the ruling Hierarchy and the rebellious Panarchists.In the spirit of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, a mashup of Thomas Mann, Jack Kerouac, and Philip K. Dick—with honorable mentions to Robbins, Atwood, Vonnegut, Eco, Crichton, Vance, Borges, Zelazny, Lessing, Murakami-- BiblioBoard web site.