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Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.
'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES

'A moving examination of people discovering the wonders of human thought and human love' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world where people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.

Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the passion and joy that a man and woman discover in love and in books, hope even for Spofforth.

A haunting novel, reverberating with anguish but also celebrating love and the magic of a dream.

Mockingbird: From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama

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Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.'A moral... Read more

    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 14/06/2007
    ISBN13: 9780575079151, 978-0575079151
    ISBN10: 0575079150

    Number of Pages: 288

    Fiction , Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror

    Description

    Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.
    'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES

    'A moving examination of people discovering the wonders of human thought and human love' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

    The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world where people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.

    Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the passion and joy that a man and woman discover in love and in books, hope even for Spofforth.

    A haunting novel, reverberating with anguish but also celebrating love and the magic of a dream.

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