They [electronic resource] : The Lost Dystopian 'Masterpiece' (Emily St. John Mandel)
Kay Dick2022
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"As performed by Maxine Peake ('visionary'): the radical dystopian classic, lost
for forty years: in a nightmarish Britain, THEY are coming closer. 'A creepily
prescient tale ... Insidiously horrifying!' Margaret Atwood 'A masterpiece of
creeping dread.' Emily St. John Mandel 'As creepy, tense and strange as when I
first read it 40 years ago.' Ian Rankin This is Britain: but not as we know it.
THEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon the
National Gallery is purged; eerie towers survey the coast; mobs stalk the
countryside destroying artworks - and those who resist. THEY capture dissidents
- writers, painters, musicians, even the unmarried and childless - in military
sweeps, 'curing' these subversives of individual identity. Survivors gather
together as cultural refugees, preserving their crafts, creating, loving and
remembering. But THEY make it easier to forget ... Lost for half a century,
newly introduced by Carmen Maria Machado, Kay Dick's T...
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Author:
Kay Dick, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file) (215249.0)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571370870
Language:
English
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BRN:
437896
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |