The Forcing
| Title | The Forcing |
| Year for Search | 2023 |
| Authors | Hardisty, Paul E. |
| Pagination | 373 pp |
| Date Published | 2023 |
| Publisher | Orenda Books |
| Place Published | London |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-914585-55-5 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Male author |
| Annotation | In the dystopian world of the future (an atomic bomb is dropped on Nairobi at the beginning of the novel), the Canadian government institutionalizes ageism. Everyone born after a specified date will be relocated to the climate ravaged southern United States while young people in the south will move north. All the possessions of the old are confiscated to pay for the transfers. The novel is told from the point of view of a professor of physics who is sent south but who escapes and searches for a rumored sanctuary. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Canadian author |
| Full Text | 2023 Hardisty, Paul E. The Forcing. London: Orenda Books. 373 pp In the dystopian world of the future (an atomic bomb is dropped on Nairobi at the beginning of the novel), the Canadian government institutionalizes ageism. Everyone born after a specified date will be relocated to the climate ravaged southern United States while young people in the south will move north. All the possessions of the old are confiscated to pay for the transfers. The novel is told from the point of view of a professor of physics who is sent south but who escapes and searches for a rumored sanctuary. Canadian author. |
