Body Politic

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1997
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First volume of a murder mystery series set in a future dystopian Edinburgh, which is an authoritarian enclave in a collapsed Britain. People are kept near starvation, and Edinburgh caters to wealthy tourists on sex and drugs holidays. Its social system is supposed to be based on Plato’s Republic. Sequels include The Bone Yard. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998; Water of Death. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999; The Blood Tree. London Hodder & Stoughton, 2000; and The House of Dust. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. See also 2015 Johnston, Heads and Hearts, which, while with the same protagonist and setting, involves significant changes in the system.  

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Hodder & Stoughton
Place Published
London
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1997 Johnston, Paul (b. 1957). Body Politic. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Rpt. London: New English Library, 1998. PSt

First volume of a murder mystery series set in a future dystopian Edinburgh, which is an authoritarian enclave in a collapsed Britain. People are kept near starvation, and Edinburgh caters to wealthy tourists on sex and drugs holidays. Its social system is supposed to be based on Plato’s Republic. Sequels include The Bone Yard. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998; Water of Death. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999; The Blood Tree. London Hodder & Stoughton, 2000; and The House of Dust. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. See also 2015 Johnston, Heads and Hearts, which, while with the same protagonist and setting, involves significant changes in the system. Scottish author.

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Rpt. London: New English Library, 1998.

Author Note

Scottish author (b. 1957).

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