Munmun

By: Jesse Andrews

Narrated by: Andrew Eiden

In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers.

Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute - and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger, richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house getting stepped on. There are no cars or phones built small enough for them, or schools or hospitals, for that matter - there's no point, when no one that little has any purchasing power, and when salaried doctors and teachers would never fit in buildings so small. Warner and Prayer know their only hope is to scale up, but how can two littlepoors survive in a world built against them?

A brilliant, warm, funny trip, unlike anything else out there, and a social novel for our time in the tradition of 1984 or Invisible Man. Inequality is made intensely visceral by an adventure and tragedy both hilarious and heartbreaking.

©2018 Jesse Andrews (P)2018 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Warner's distinctive voice and language compel readers to pay attention to this detailed world.... Brilliant, savage, hilarious, a riveting journey through a harsh world that mirrors our own." (Kirkus)

Best metaphor for state o’ the world ever!!!

Beautiful. Funny. Eerily spot on. Listener satisfaction in every bite. Hang on to your hats ya’ll, cuz serf’s up!

Great piece of metaphorical satire!

I loved Munmun! It is a thrashing political commentary wrapped up in the best of Young Adult storytelling. Amazing!

I loved it!

This book had me hooked almost immediately. It would make a good movie. . .

Great Narration

I enjoyed the book overall, though it had its pits.
The narration was great! Felt perfect for the book.

One of my top favorite books

This is the kind of speculative fiction I live for. Imaginative world building, fully developed characters with interesting back stories, great story arc, all woven together into an insightful social commentary. This book is everything I want in a contemporary fiction novel