THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE

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by Philip K. Dick (1962)

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The former United States has been split into three statelets. The Germans control and administer one coast whilst the Japanese do the same on the other. In between, a rump Pacific States of America remains. This scenario arose due to the outcome of the Second World War, which observed the Axis powers defeat the Allied forces. The American rump is not a utopia and barely suffices as a refuge. In due course, America and Americans are gradually being colonised. A new world to emigrate to fails to emerge. Within this universe, a book exists that posits a rather radical idea. Banned by the Nazis and sneered at by the Japanese from within their respective coastal spheres, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy relates a controversial and subversive tale. The novel speaks about an Allied victory at the outcome of WWII and the utter defeat of Germany and Japan at the hands of the United States, Britain, and Russia. The author of such a genuinely revolutionary text is sought out by multiple parties, not all of them friendly. A concisely written alternative history which utilises an elegant literary device that masterfully provokes a perceptual shift within the mind. Read and experience in real time. Fiction. 229 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: The man in the high castle

Year: 1962

Author: Philip K. Dick

Pages: 229

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Book review by Keith Salter