Hystopia

by David Means

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At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy is entering his third term in office. The Vietnam War rages on, and the president has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps, dedicated to maintaining the nation's mental hygiene by any means necessary. Soldiers returning from the war have their battlefield traumas "enfolded"--wiped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865479135
• ISBN13: 9780865479135
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"