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A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

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#891 of 8,085 books · #171 in Science Fiction

Won the BSFA Award for Best Novel (1978). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage. The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among...

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Publisher
Doubleday
ISBN-13
9780547572178
Topics
Drug addictionIdentity and paranoiaUndercover surveillance

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