{"product_id":"this-perfect-day-9781472111524","title":"This Perfect Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Marvellously entertaining. A cross between \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eLook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidered one of the great dystopian thrillers - alongside \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e-  Ira Levin''s terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a seemingly perfect global society, where uniformity is the defining feature, one man leads the resistance against UniComp - a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. All ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into a single race called ''The Family'', and citizens are continually drugged so that they can never realise their potential as human beings, but will remain pliant and cooperative... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, \u003ci\u003eThis Perfect Day \u003c\/i\u003eis one of Levin''s most haunting novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIra Levin's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIra Levin should be remembered for his dystopian novel \u003ci\u003eThis Perfect Day\u003c\/i\u003e, which ranks alongside \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e1984\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003c\/i\u003eIra Levin...was known for his bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stepford Wives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boys From Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which became successful movies. But another of his novels, This Perfect Day, deserves to be better known than it is * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIra Levin's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World.\u003c\/i\u003e * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eMarvelously entertaining. A cross between \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDoctor No\u003c\/i\u003e. * Look Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eIra Levin's brave new world is populated by eight billion members of The Family. Life is planned and programmed from birth through death by UniComp, the supercomputer down inside the earth. * New York Times Book Review *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739363062103,"sku":"9781472111524","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472111524.jpg?v=1720052024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-perfect-day-9781472111524","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}