Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse: A Novel [Paperback]

Mortimer Tate was a recently divorced insurance salesman when he holed up in a cave on top of a mountain in Tennessee and rode out the end of the world.Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypsebegins nine years later, when he emerges into a bizarre landscape filled with hollow reminders of an America that no longer exists. The highways are lined with abandoned automobiles; electricity is generated by indentured servants pedaling stationary bicycles. What little civilization remains revolves around Joey Armageddon's Sassy A-Go-Go strip clubs, where the beer is cold, the lap dancers are hot, and the bouncers are armed with M16s.

Accompanied by his cowboy sidekick Buffalo Bill, the gorgeous stripper Sheila, and the mountain man Ted, Mortimer journeys to the lost city of Atlanta -- and a showdown that might determine the fate of humanity.Victor Gischleris a former English professor and the author ofGun Monkeys, The Pistol Poets, Suicide Squeeze,andShotgun Opera.  Part Christopher Moore, part Quentin Tarantino, Victor Gischler is a raving, badass genius. -- James Rollins,New York Timesbestselling author ofMap of BonesandBlack Order Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypseis funny, mordant, crazed, riveting, sardonic -- and despite all that, it's got a plot. Bravo for Victor Gischler. -- Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Mike Resnick