| Surveillance Contributor(s): Raban, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400033659 ISBN-13: 9781400033652 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: In the not-too-distant future, national identity cards are mandatory, and America has become obsessed with intelligence-gathering. With precision and compassion, Raban captures a peculiar period in modern history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008271728 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.28" W x 8.06" (0.43 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the not-too-distant future, no one trusts anyone and everyone is watching everybody else. America is obsessed with information and under siege from an insidious enemy: paranoia. National identify cards are mandatory, terrorism alerts are a daily event, and privacy is laid bare on the Internet. For a freelance journalist, her daughter, a bestselling author, and a struggling actor, these tumultuous times provide the backdrop as their lives become inextricably bound in a darkly humorous, frighteningly accurate story of life in an unstable world. |