Novels that pull back the curtain

[Cordelia]

The Children of Men by P.D. James
Mystery writer's view of a dystopia. The novel's characters and the plot are, of course, more complex than film version, and
very different (better imo).
https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/07/ ... ldren.html

The Bone People by Keri Hulmes
Brutal, poetic story set in New Zealand, about the complexities of love, violence, child abuse, heroin smuggling, displacement of indigenous people...........
http://www.tor.com/2009/03/24/maori-fan ... ne-people/

'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas' by Ursula Le Guin
Short story, rather than a novel, about consciously blind cruelty in pursuing utopia in whatever form utopia takes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opini ... .html?_r=0

[Cordelia]

Three that left a deep impression on me when young.......





Remembered this as a novel, but maybe more creative nonfiction...

[JackRiddler]

Robert Littell, Legends, 2005.[/b]

After a dimly remembered trauma, a former CIA spy can no longer reliably determine which of his three meticulously constructed cover identities (if any) is actually him. Emotional story-telling and good plot overcome obvious contrivances. Unambiguously condemns USG for selling the early 1990s economic shock treatment that scorched Russia and delivered it to the oligarchs. Hints of 9/11 skepticism are kept implicit.

http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Novel-Dis ... 1585676969

[hanshan]

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James Elroy wrote a trilogy (Underworld USA) :

American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's a Rover.

Ostensibly about the assasination of JFK. Uncanny. Highly recommend.







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