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A dark, savagely comic novel from the bestselling author of Chart Throb...Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion.Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd.
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Contemporary, classical in form, comic and ironic.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Ben Elton
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 366
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Bantam Press, Bantam
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780753130629
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