Megacosm

The great joke of the universe--well there are lots of great jokes of the universe. But one of them certainly is that human beings cant be trusted with the things theyre capable of creating. We build combustion engines and choke on them split atoms only to irradiate ourselves. Brett Neveus new farce does a fine crazed funny job of telling that joke. Chris is an inventor whos come up with something astonishing. He takes it to Britt who develops and markets astonishing inventions. Trouble is some of Britts previous astonishments have wreaked so much havoc that his corporate headquarters is under violent siege from all sides. Chriss sit-down with Britt turns into something out of Jurassic Park--assuming the park were run by General Jack Ripper from Dr Strangelove. Tony Adler Chicago Reader