This sounds like a more a literary version of S. M. Stirling's Sunrise Lands series.
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a novel set in a Post Apocalyptic America that Diane Reims > practically raved about on NPR. I got it and it was, while not > horrible, not very good either. > > I never felt so set up since people raved about the superiority of The > Ghormenghast trilogy to Lord of the Rings. > > This is actually one case where a non literary book--either of Octavia > Butler's Parables books, was superior to the literary version. >