Ah! Found it - after half an hour of bleary-eyed searching thru the Colbert Report episode list
twice to only find a reference to the author as "Stephen interviews James Kunstler about peak oil."
Hmmm, no mention of a book or that he's an author, can't remember if this was the subject of the novel....
YES! A World Made By Hand
Oooh, like this review:
"Kunstler displays a kind of macabre wit about the unpleasantness and strife that await us all....His assertions have a neat way of doubling back to anticipate your critiques. If you express doubt about his views, then you may well be among the deluded masses too addicted to your McSUV and McSuburb to accept that reality lies ahead."
But instead of a novel, maybe I'll pick up his non-fiction The Long Emergency.
The first line of the book is "Carl Jung, one of the fathers of psychology, famously remarked that "people cannot stand too much reality..."
Note - the interview below is only Part 1.
(embedded video - see original post)
... Journey from My Mind to Yours...
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