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Author | Lily Brooks-Dalton |
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Publisher | Random House |
Good Morning, Midnight is the debut novel of Lily Brooks-Dalton.[1] It was published in 2016 by Random House.[2]
Narrated in the present and in flashbacks, and following groups of characters in two different settings (the Arctic and outer space), the novel's plot is about an astronomer who may be the last human being on Earth after an unidentified disaster and the space mission that tries to return to the planet after a year without contact with Mission control center.
Both Shelf Awareness and the Chicago Review of Books included Good Morning, Midnight on their lists of the best novels of 2016.[3][4]
George Clooney directed and acted in a 2020 film adaptation, The Midnight Sky.
Good Morning, Midnight is strong on mood, whether it's the bleak, snowy outreaches of the Arctic or the surreal, sterile atmosphere on board the spaceship.