The last survivor of a post-apocalyptic acting troupe searches for a copy of Hamlet. Good character and interesting world. ( )

Two threads, set in a post-global disaster USA, follow the life of Varner, a travelling thespian, and his search for a copy of Hamlet. One covers his early life, wandering as a boy after his thespian father is murdered by religious fanatics, the other how he revenges his father. Gloomy but uplifting. ( )