The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future
| Title | The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future |
| Year for Search | 2008 |
| Authors | Nevins, Thomas |
| Pagination | 295 pp. |
| Date Published | 2008 |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-375-50391-7 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia in which a political party created by the very top financial elite takes over the U.S. economic and political system. The old, known as Coots, are shipped off to “retirement” communities, people were allowed to discard a child, known as Dyscards who live in subway tunnels, and genetic engineering aims at producing the “perfect” child. The novel focuses on one family where the parents who are Coots, an adult daughter who is a Dyscard, and an adult daughter who is a leading genetic engineer and depicts both the complex dystopia and the struggle against it. It ends with the Coots, who have been expelled from the communities they were sent to organizing themselves into a functioning community, and the Dyscards effectively defeating the Conglomerate in the New York City area. |
| Holding Institutions | InU, Merril, NN |
| Full Text | 2008 Nevins, Thomas. The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future. New York: Ballantine Books. 295 pp. InU, Merril, NN Dystopia in which a political party created by the very top financial elite takes over the U.S. economic and political system. The old, known as Coots, are shipped off to “retirement” communities, people were allowed to discard a child, known as Dyscards who live in subway tunnels, and genetic engineering aims at producing the “perfect” child. The novel focuses on one family where the parents who are Coots, an adult daughter who is a Dyscard, and an adult daughter who is a leading genetic engineer and depicts both the complex dystopia and the struggle against it. It ends with the Coots, who have been expelled from the communities they were sent to organizing themselves into a functioning community, and the Dyscards effectively defeating the Conglomerate in the New York City area. |
