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Life During Wartime

Lucius Shepard author JG Ballard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:11th Jun '15

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The acclaimed novel of near-future warfare based on the Nebula Award-winning novella, 'R&R'.

In the jungles of Guatemala, David Mingolla is struggling to survive amongst the rotting vegetation and his despairing fellow foot soldiers. He knows he is nothing but an expendable pawn in an endless war. On R & R a few miles away from the warzone he meets Debora - an enigmatic young woman who may be working for the enemy - and stumbles into a deadly psychic conflict where the mind is the greatest weapon.

One of the most intriguing books of the year ... superior writing - Science Fiction Review

Perhaps the most exciting new storyteller of them all - Washington Post

Shepard manipulates genre elements in order to transcend genre expectations - The New York Review of Books

  • Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1989 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Philip K. Dick Award 1988 (UK)

ISBN: 9781473211933

Dimensions: 196mm x 132mm x 30mm

Weight: 300g

432 pages