The Squares of the City

TitleThe Squares of the City
Year for Search1965
AuthorsBrunner, John [Kilian Houston](1934-95)
Date Published1965
PublisherBallantine Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia set in a newly built, intended to be ideal, city in a South American dictatorship. The novel is modeled on a game of chess and deals with a power struggle between the dictator and his main opponent.

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(1934-95)

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1965 Brunner, John [Kilian Houston] (1934-95). The Squares of the City. New York: Ballantine Books. PSt

Authoritarian dystopia set in a newly built, intended to be ideal, city in a South American dictatorship. The novel is modeled on a game of chess and deals with a power struggle between the dictator and his main opponent.