Title:
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HARM
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By: |
Brian Aldiss |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£14.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0715636995 |
ISBN 13: |
9780715636992 |
Publisher: |
DUCKWORTH OVERLOOK |
Pub. date: |
21 August, 2007 |
Pages: |
232 |
Description: |
Paul Ali, a young science fiction writer, has been arrested for no compelling reason. He is held as prisoner B, without a lawyer and isolated. Whenever the powers-that-be fancy a diversion, they beat him up. To escape from this humiliation, prisoner B writes - in the privacy of his mind - a science fiction novel. |
Synopsis: |
It is the very near future. Paul Ali, a young science fiction writer, who has the perceived misfortune of a Muslim heritage, has been arrested for no compelling reason. He is held as prisoner B, without a lawyer and isolated. Whenever the powers-that-be fancy a diversion, they beat him up. A foul-mouthed jobsworth subjects him to coarse and unremitting questioning. To escape from this humiliation, prisoner B writes - in the privacy of his mind - a science fiction novel set on a planet in every sense a thousand light years away. But gradually, the two worlds start to converge...In the tradition of dystopias like 1984, this novel shocks and entertains. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |