O-Zone
| Title | O-Zone |
| Year for Search | 1986 |
| Authors | Theroux, Paul [Edward](b. 1941) |
| Date Published | 1986 |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Complex dystopia set in the early 21st century. The O-Zone or Outer Zone is what used to be called the Ozarks and is an area that was contaminated with nuclear waste. The novel focuses on New York City and the idle rich, known as Owners, who inhabit it in contrast with the poor, who are the overwhelming majority and are kept in check by the Owners. |
| Additional Publishers | A limited first edition signed by the author, with a frontispiece by Douglas Smith, and a lengthy “A Special message for the first edition from Paul Theroux” for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt, PU |
| Author Note | (b. 1941) |
| Full Text | 1986 Theroux, Paul [Edward] (b. 1941). O-Zone, A Novel. Complex dystopia set in the early 21st century. The O-Zone or Outer Zone is what used to be called the Ozarks and is an area that was contaminated with nuclear waste. The novel focuses on New York City and the idle rich, known as Owners, who inhabit it in contrast with the poor, who are the overwhelming majority and are kept in check by the Owners. |
