Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

Hi Everyone, I'm currently reading "Soft Apocalypse" by Will McIntosh and will get back to you when I finish it. I look forward to reading your posts.

The novel "Soft Apocalypse" by Wil Mcintosh (who won the Hugo Award for his short story "Bridesicle" in 2011) was an easy read and a pleasant surprise, even though it was rather sad. It runs contrary to the notion "It can't get worse than this!" The novel begins in 2023 and continues until 2033 and we watch as our society (in Savannah, Georgia) never recovers from the recession that we are presently in today. The main character, Jasper, is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta but his parents died in the water riots of Arizona and he is now homeless and living with a tribe of other homeless people. Things just keep getting worse. New designer drugs are infused into the society in an effort to help people cope, while terrorist groups terrorize poor suffering people for no particular reason or becuase they cannot get at the rich. The rift between rich and poor is tremendous and the main character and his friends come up with an idea that will hopefully slow the progress of the apocalpypse--a strain of fast growing bamboo that will interrupt traffic and slow everyone down. See if it works? If you read it do you think it has a happy endng? Can it have a happy ending?