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Scenic Roots with Ray Bassett

“Junah at the End of the World”: Dan Leach’s Y2K Era Novel

By Ray Bassett

Published October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM EDT

Cover of “Junah at the End of the World”

(Aired Thu 10/23/25)

A generation ago, the clock was ticking down to the year 2000 - Y2K.

That’s the throughline for the “Junah at the End of the World,” the first novel by Dan Leach, published by Hub City Press.

Dan Leach

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