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by: Oliver Lange  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780812813586 ISBN: 0812813588 Label: Stein and Day Manufacturer: Stein and Day Number Of Pages: 333 Publication Date: 1971 Publisher: Stein and Day Studio: Stein and Day Related Items:
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 Rating: - More than a resistance novelOne should remember that the publication date (1971) marked the beginning of the lowest point for America in the Cold War. Not only was communism advancing in Asia, Africa and the Western Hemisphere but large segments of academia and the intellectual world semed intent on wounding the national psyche. Vandenberg, the hero of the novel, notes that the West was already defeated psychologicaly before it was defeated militarily. The journal containing his mustings is a key element in the story. Read More Rating: - dystopian existentialismThis literary plaint reminds me of Camus, with evocations of "Brave New World" and "1984". Like Kafka's works, it hypothesizes an antihero compelled into 'monkey wrench gang' style action in a dystopia. This book deserves to be reprinted, so new readers will contemplate their motivations. Rating: - FantasticThis is not only a superb action novel, but it is even more so a warning. Fun and at the same time disturbing, this book goes into detail on what this country has become and what it may unfortunately turn out to be. Rating: - Great Book!Fast action, gripping plot, well-written Rating:  - thought-provoking novel about taking freedom for grantedFun, gripping read that had much more relevance before the Soviet empire crumbled. A cautionary tale nonetheless. 
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