In Peter Sinn Nachtreib’s Boom, something is about to explode and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. When Jo answers Jules’ casual-encounters ad seeking ‘intensely significant coupling’, she has no idea what she is in for. Stuck in his makeshift lab-turned-shelter and surrounded by cabinets full of bourbon, a lifetime supply of tampons and only a tank of fish for company, they’re in for one hell of a blind date.