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For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.



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In the whole history of world literature, no writer has been better equipped to create images of false and true utopias than Aldous Huxley. Even when he has been satirising the false, the true has always been implicit in his work. We cannot deny Island's brilliance, its learning and its honest attempt to answer the big human questions -- Anthony Burgess
In the current climate, the novel's warnings about religious fanaticism, the exercise of massive military power, the geopolitical importance of oil and the development of artificial insemination seem extraordinarily prophetic * Guardian *
One of the truly great philosophical novels * The Times *

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    A Paperback / softback by Aldous Huxley, David Bradshaw

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/04/2005
      ISBN13: 9780099477778, 978-0099477778
      ISBN10: 0099477777

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.



      Trade Review
      In the whole history of world literature, no writer has been better equipped to create images of false and true utopias than Aldous Huxley. Even when he has been satirising the false, the true has always been implicit in his work. We cannot deny Island's brilliance, its learning and its honest attempt to answer the big human questions -- Anthony Burgess
      In the current climate, the novel's warnings about religious fanaticism, the exercise of massive military power, the geopolitical importance of oil and the development of artificial insemination seem extraordinarily prophetic * Guardian *
      One of the truly great philosophical novels * The Times *

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