Fahrenheit 451 (Flamingo Modern Classics): The gripping and inspiring classic of dystopian science fiction Bradbury, Ray Summary Guy Montag is a fireman. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.The classic dystopian novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 240 pages · Paperback By Bradbury, Ray Details ISBN: 9780006546061 Author: Bradbury, Ray Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Language: English Publication date: 16 August 1999 Condition: Used – Like New About the author Bradbury, Ray
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