The Berlusconi Bonus - The First Draft of Adolphus Hibbert's Confession (Paperback)

Allan Cameron's intriguing novel is set in a near future where the predictions of the US theorist Francis Fukuyama have been taken to their logical conclusions. Fukuyama declared that, with the collapse of the USSR and the hegemony of neoliberal capitalism, history has come to an end. In Cameron's book, history has indeed been halted by decree and the citizens live in a permanent present of spurious consumer choice and endless material consumption, their bovine lives ruled by the embedding of Rational Consumer Implant Cards in their brains. A cardless underclass exists in the Fukuyama Theme Parks, vast squalid concentration camps on the outskirts of cities. At the pinnacle of this society sit those lucky individuals who, because of their dedicated pursuit of stupendous wealth, are awarded the Plutocratic Social Gratitude Award, popularly nicknamed the Berlusconi Bonus as it effectively puts the recipient beyond the law. The book takes the form of a confession by Adolphus Hibbert, a recent beneficiary of the Berlusconi Bonus, who is recruited by the sinister secret police officer Captain Younce to spy on dissident elements. Adolphus embarks on a dizzying journey among the clandestine opposition, in which he finds love, betrayal and violence; discovering terrifying truths about himself and his society.A" - New Internationalist

General

Imprint:	Vagabond Voices
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Vagabond, No. 6
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Allan Cameron
Dimensions:	210 x 138 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-9560560-9-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-9560560-9-1
Barcode:	9780956056092

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