Bibliograph

Metrophage, A Novel, Kadrey Richard

Type

Label

Metrophage, A Novel, Kadrey Richard

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

General adult

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Metrophage

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kadrey Richard

Sub title

A Novel

Summary

New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadreys first novelthe cult classic dystopian cyberpunk talenow back in print after twenty years in a special signed, collectible edition. Welcome to the near future: Los Angeles in the late 21st centurya segregated city of haves and have nots, where morality is dead and technology rules. Here, a small group of wealthy seclude themselves in gilded cages. Beyond their high security compounds, far from their pretty comforts, lies a lawless wasteland where the angry masses battle hunger, rampant disease, and their own despair to survive. Jonny was born into this Hobbesian paradise. A street-wise hustler who deals drugs on the black marketnarcotics that heal the body and cool the mindhe looks out for nobody but himself. Until a terrifying plague sweeps through L.A., wreaking death and panic. And no one, not even a clever operator like Jonny, is safe. His own life hanging in the balance, Jonny must risk everything to find the cureif there is one. The book will include a Q & A with Cory Doctorow

Target audience

adult

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