- Self-deception, Fiction, Oakland (calif.), fiction, Fiction, general
In 1950s San Francisco, elderly garage owner Jim Ferguson prepares to retire and sell his business, but when he is offered the deal of a lifetime by record-company owner Chris Harman, Al Miller, one of Jim's mechanics who thinks that Harman is a crook, sets out to protect his mentor.
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Classical in form, grave, intimate and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- First published
- May 5, 1988
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Tor Books, Joëlle Losfeld, Tor
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781473209572
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Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug abuse, paranoia and schizophrenia, and transcendental experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS. Source and more information: [Wikipedia (EN)](http://en.wikipedia.org/
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