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OverviewIn a future England, governed by the authoritarian Party of Order and Nation, individuals are selected at random to live in enforced poverty. The policy is called ‘the Price’: in order for the majority to live well, the policy states, a minority must go without. Equality is impossible. One morning, office worker Krystan Hoad is told that he has been assigned to pay that price. As his world is turned upside down, a story of revolution unfolds through snapshots of the lives of twelve interconnected individuals: a network of dissidents called The Dream League; a robotics genius persecuted by a corrupt police officer; a mysterious agent of the resistance; a wealthy gallery owner leading a double life; a questioning civil servant at the heart of government; and a young woman with a secret mission... Through these and others, a portrait unfolds of life under the shadow of the Price: the surveillance drones and police androids that maintain order, life at the bottom and the top, and the beginnings of an uprising... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew BarrowPublisher: Troubador Publishing Imprint: Troubador Publishing ISBN: 9781805142966ISBN 10: 1805142968 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 28 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMatthew Barrow grew up in Gloucester and now lives in Cambridge. He works in London as a librarian and has published poems in various places over the years including The North, The Rialto and The Poetry Village. The Price is his first novel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |