The Plato Papers
| Title | The Plato Papers |
| Year for Search | 1999 |
| Authors | Ackroyd, Peter [Warwick](b. 1949) |
| Date Published | 1999 |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Satire. Description of our time, known as Mouldwarp, from the point of view of a far future society (after A.D. 3700), that has a very imperfect understanding of the past. In that society, Plato, described as “the great orator of London,” presents wildly inaccurate public orations describing Mouldwarp but when he gains a more accurate picture of the past, he is persecuted. |
| Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. as The Plato Papers. A Prophesy [Prophecy on the dust jacket]. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1949) |
| Full Text | 1999 Ackroyd, Peter [Warwick] (b. 1949). The Plato Papers. A Novel. London: Chatto & Windus. U.S. ed. as The Plato Papers. A Prophesy [Prophecy on the dust jacket]. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000. PSt Satire. Description of our time, known as Mouldwarp, from the point of view of a far future society (after A.D. 3700), that has a very imperfect understanding of the past. In that society, Plato, described as “the great orator of London,” presents wildly inaccurate public orations describing Mouldwarp but when he gains a more accurate picture of the past, he is persecuted. |
