Young adult dystopia in which a doctor tries to condition five orphans to become perfect tools of the state. He succeeds with three of them. A group of talented children are run through a maze ("This book is dedicated to all the rats and pigeons who have already been here.") in an attempt to create an elite. Authoritarian dystopia in the background.
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C6 -The U.S. author (1945-2011) lived in Thailand and the U.S.
C7 - 1974 CY - New York DA - 01/1974 LA - eng N2 -Young adult dystopia in which a doctor tries to condition five orphans to become perfect tools of the state. He succeeds with three of them. A group of talented children are run through a maze ("This book is dedicated to all the rats and pigeons who have already been here.") in an attempt to create an elite. Authoritarian dystopia in the background.
PB - E. P. Dutton PP - New York PY - 1974 TI - House of Stairs ER -