Pollen jeff noon6/23/2023 ![]() Pollen reinforces Noon’s reputation as a powerful storyteller with a talent for the surreal. Boda is eventually revealed to be Jones’ daughter, and in their attempt to stop the attack they venture into the Vurt to confront John Barleycorn, a Vurt entity seeking entrance into reality. The plot’s steady increase in tension is reflected in the ever rising pollen count which chokes the city’s air and gradually transforms Manchester into a flora-filled dreamscape. Coyote’s death sets in motion investigations by both Jones and the cab driver’s would-be girlfriend, rival cab driver Boda. This marks an opening battle in the Looking Glass War, a struggle between dream and reality. Coyote, a dog-man black cab driver, collects a mysterious fare from the zombie-filled wastelands beyond the city and in bringing his passenger, the plant child Persephone, back into Manchester, he becomes the means by which she can unleash her botanical assault. Its central character, Sibyl Jones, is a Shadow cop, and, at least initially, this reads like a police procedural story. ![]() ![]() ![]() This time the city is threatened by an outbreak of murderous flora and a dangerous alliance between creatures of the Vurt dream world and power-hungry individuals in Manchester. Pollen returns us to the future Manchester of Noon’s remarkable first novel, Vurt. ![]()
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