Kallocain

The classic World War II-era dystopian novel, written at the midpoint between Brave New World and 1984, in its first new translation in more than fifty yearsA Penguin ClassicLeo Kall is a zealous middle-ranking scientist in the totalitarian World State who has just made a thrilling discovery: a new drug, Kallocain, that will force anyone who takes it to tell the truth. At last, criminality will be dragged out into the open and private thought can finally be outlawed. But can the World State be trusted with Kallocain? For that matter, can Kall himself be trusted? Written as the terrible events of World War II were unfolding, Karin Boye's classic dystopian novel speaks more clearly than ever of the dangers of acquiescence and the power of resistance.

ISBN:	9780241608302
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	06 Jun 2023
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	369g
Height:	197mm
Width:	129mm

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