In the aftermath of an atomic war, a new international movement of pacifism has arisen. Multitudes of young men have chosen to curb their aggressive instincts through voluntary amputation - disarmament in its most literal sense.
Those who have undergone this procedure are highly esteemed in the new society. But they have a problem - their prosthetics require a rare metal to function, and international tensions are rising over which countries get the right to mine it . . .
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781473212473
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 302 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 mm
To my mind, Bernard Wolfe remains one of the most remarkable original writers of the 20th centuryShrewd, and sometimes profound, comments on Western civilisation. - ObserverDeep, strange, and wonderful, LIMBO represents a straight arrow pointing from the cautionary dystopias of Orwell and Huxley to the postwar absurdist mode of CATCH-22, Pynchon, and Philip K. DickAs to the books of Bernard Wolfe, his extraordinary imagination, his range of styles and genres, should alone qualify him for a conspicuous role in 20th century American literature
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