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"For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and big words Bother me."
- Winnie the Pooh
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ZIN Product Number: 10032096
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 144 pages
Publisher: Harcourt
ISBN: 0156180421
Release Date: Jan 2, 1996
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 3 reviews.)
| |  | | | From The Publisher
In Veritas, the City of Truth, people have been brutally conditioned to always tell the truth, no matter how unnerving (or droll) the truth may be. It will come as no surprise, then, that elevators in Veritas carry the notice This Elevator Maintained by People Who Hate Their Jobs. Ride at Your Own Risk. Or that cigarette packs say Warning: The Surgeon General's Crusade against This Product May Distract You from the Myriad Ways Your Government Fails to Protect Your Health.
Jack Sperry leads a rather routine life as a "deconstructionist," destroying "mendacious" old works of art, until his beloved son, Toby, is bitten by a rabbit at Camp Ditch-the-Kids and contracts a rare disease. Jack must now somehow learn to lie if, as he comes to believe, lying is the only way to give Toby enough hope to effect a cure.
City of Truth is a novella in the finest Swiftian tradition, written by an author who, according to Locus, wields "a darkly glittering scalpel." It is a treat for readers of science fiction and mainstream fiction alike.
| | | | Annotation
Jack leads a rather routine life as a "deconstructionist, " destroying old works of art, until his beloved son contracts a rare disease. Jack must now somehow learn to lie if, as he comes to believe, lying is the only way to give young Toby enough hope to effect a cure. Morrow is the award-winning author of Only Begotten Daughter.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 3 Average Rating:
VERY ENTERTAINING!!!
-- Crystal Lily, a Librarian from Connecticut, March 29, 1999
Also Recommended: If you enjoy Philip K. Dick and Kurt Vonnegut then you'll love James Morrow.
Another excellent satire
-- Liam, a retail worker in Michigan, February 21, 2001
Also Recommended: All other James Morrow books, and Jeff Noons books also
What a Wonderful Book!!!!
-- Mellisa Wills, LaSalle University Student, November 18, 1999
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| | | | | | Keywords
Truthfulness and falsehood, Fiction, Honesty, Science fiction, Fantastic fiction, Fiction - General, Short Stories (single author), Fiction, Truthfulness and falsehood, Honesty
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