But n Ben A-Go-Go

[citation needed] Set in the year 2090, the book depicts a future world where global warming has caused sea level to rise considerably.

Damage to the ozone layer has resulted in much higher levels of UV light and so sunburn and skin cancer are serious issues – most people do not venture outside unless entirely necessary, and carry high factor suncream and anti-cancer kits.

The Population of Port are watched constantly by a totalitarian government; there are class divides in the parishes (there is an underclass of Danish refugees living in many of the lower levels); the climate of Earth is now inhospitable.

Douglas Gifford, The Scotsman, November 2000 "While But n Ben A-Go-Go does have comic moments, the novel is far from a joke ... confronting relevant issues such as global warming, epidemics, and social division."

Stephen Naysmith, Sunday Herald, August 2000 "Matthew Fitt has nearly accomplished something splendid: a novel composed in tough, readable Scots; more, a science fiction novel which projects this perennially 'dying' language into a future it is not supposed to possess."