The Permit
| Title | The Permit |
| Year for Search | 1984 |
| Authors | Jones, Bob [Robert Edward] |
| Date Published | 1984 |
| Publisher | Collins |
| Place Published | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author |
| Annotation | A dystopia created by the New Zealand government through over-regulation. One man tries to resist by refusing to sign the permit to change residences. In an "Epilogue", the government introduces legislation requiring everyone to carry identity cards. The author, who is a self-made millionaire, says that the book "is a reiteration of the ultimate truth that people do know best how to run their lives. . . (12). |
| Info Notes | See the author's non-utopian New Zealand The Way I Want It. Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1978. New Zealand author. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, DLC, VUW |
| Author Note | The Aotearoa/New Zealand author, who is a self-made millionaire, says that the book “is a reiteration of the ultimate truth that people do know best how to run their lives. . . (12). |
| Full Text | 1984 Jones, Bob [Robert Edward]. The Permit. Auckland, New Zealand: Collins. ATL, DLC, VUW A dystopia created by the New Zealand government through over-regulation. One man tries to resist by refusing to sign the permit to change residences. In an “Epilogue”, the government introduces legislation requiring everyone to carry identity cards. The Aotearoa/New Zealand author, who is a self-made millionaire, says that the book “is a reiteration of the ultimate truth that people do know best how to run their lives. . . (12). See his non-utopian New Zealand The Way I Want It. Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1978. |
