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This Perfect Day
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This Perfect Day
A chilling dystopia which questions what it means to be an individual in a world of conformity
A chilling dystopia which questions what it means to be an individual in a world of conformity
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Marvellously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who Look Magazine
Considered one of the great dystopian thrillers—alongside A Clockwork Orange and Brave New World—Ira Levin's terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication.
Set in a seemingly perfect global society, where uniformity is the defining feature, one man leads the resistance against UniComp—a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. All ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into a single race called 'The Family', and citizens are continually drugged so that they can never realise their potential as human beings but will remain pliant and cooperative...
With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Levin's most haunting novels.
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Ira Levin's This Perfect Day evokes comparisons with Brave New World and is considered marvelously entertaining. It features a dystopian world where life is meticulously controlled by a supercomputer, drawing attention for its inventive take on a future society.
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ISBN: 9781472111524
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 September 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corsair
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
IRA LEVIN is the author of Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil, The Stepford Wives, and other bestsellers, as well as Broadway's longest-running thriller, Deathtrap. He has won two Edgar Awards and the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. He died in 2007.
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