TY - ABST T1 - The Advent of the Incredulous Stigmata Man Y1 - 1998 A1 - Kelvin Mason KW - Male author KW - Welsh author KW - Zimbabwean author AB -

Authoritarian dystopia governed by the Extended European Community. The Antipodes are under a hole in the ozone layer and the people are very likely to die of skin cancer. Beer limited to 2% alcohol. Tobacco is outlawed and very hard to get on the black market. Unauthorized pregnancy is illegal; the mother is sent to prison and the child is taken by the state. Abortion is illegal an impossible to obtain. The novel focuses on a man who develops the stigmata and his relations with others living on the margins of the dystopia. The novel is set in Scotland.

PB - Citron Press CY - London U5 -

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