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Travels in Nihilon

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<b>From one of Britain’s leading writers comes a biting satire about a country founded on Nihilism and a government gone mad</b> Nihilon is a country where honesty is outlawed, drunk driving is mandatory, and nihilism reigns supreme. Five researchers are sent into the midst of this chaos to compile a new guidebook about the peculiar, unexplored land and its all-powerful leader, President Nil. Adam, Benjamin, Jaquiline, Edgar, and Richard attempt to gather information—but find themselves swept up by a nation turned upside down. As they navigate their way to the capital through artificial mist created by President Nil to disorient his people, the writers are stopped by ordinary citizens whom they quickly discover cannot be trusted. Adam accidentally starts a ground war, Benjamin is forced to buy a car, and Jaquiline discovers that robbery is not only legal, but encouraged. The researchers, who arrived as tourists, will find that although it is easy to enter Nihilon, it is much, much harder to escape. Alan Sillitoe, the bestselling author of <i>The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, </i>crosses into uncharted territory in this comic dystopia that is as smart as it is engrossing.

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Travels in Nihilon, Alan Sillitoe

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1973
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Titre
Travels in Nihilon
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Pan Books
Publié
1973
Format
souple
Pages
286
ISBN10
0330237004
ISBN13
9780330237000
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Fiction
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<b>From one of Britain’s leading writers comes a biting satire about a country founded on Nihilism and a government gone mad</b> Nihilon is a country where honesty is outlawed, drunk driving is mandatory, and nihilism reigns supreme. Five researchers are sent into the midst of this chaos to compile a new guidebook about the peculiar, unexplored land and its all-powerful leader, President Nil. Adam, Benjamin, Jaquiline, Edgar, and Richard attempt to gather information—but find themselves swept up by a nation turned upside down. As they navigate their way to the capital through artificial mist created by President Nil to disorient his people, the writers are stopped by ordinary citizens whom they quickly discover cannot be trusted. Adam accidentally starts a ground war, Benjamin is forced to buy a car, and Jaquiline discovers that robbery is not only legal, but encouraged. The researchers, who arrived as tourists, will find that although it is easy to enter Nihilon, it is much, much harder to escape. Alan Sillitoe, the bestselling author of <i>The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, </i>crosses into uncharted territory in this comic dystopia that is as smart as it is engrossing.