Fahrenheit 451 - Flamingo Modern Classic

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.The classic novel of a post-literate future, 'Fahrenheit 451' stands alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World' as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.

ISBN:	9780006546061
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:	Harper Voyager
Published date:	04 Aug 2008
DEWEY:	813.54
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Sales rank:	12555
Number of pages:	172
Weight:	218g
Height:	197mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	16mm

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