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by Derek Raymond (Author) "My waking thought is a stream of figures that I have been adding and subtracting all night in my sleep ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail; Reprint edition (18 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185242947X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852429478
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 406,214 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A State of Denmark is carried out with surgical precision ... a fascinating and important novel by one of our best writers in or outside of any genre --Time Out

Alternative science fiction on the scale of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four --Q Magazine

A powerful, bleak and alarmingly Orwellian vision of a totalitarian Britain --Publishing News


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It is the 1960s. England has become a dictatorship, governed by a sly, ruthless politician called Jobling. All non-whites have been deported, The English Times is the only newspaper, and ordinary people live in dread of nightly curfews and secret police. Richard Watt used all his journalistic talents to expose Jobling before he came to power. Now in exile in a farmhouse amid the cruel heat of the Italian countryside, Watt cultivates his vineyards. His remote rural idyll is shattered by the arrival of an emissary from London. Derek Raymond s skill is to make all too plausible the transition from complacent democracy to dictatorship in a country preoccupied by consumerism and susceptible to media spin. First published in 1970, Raymond s brilliant satire is as dark and frightening as ever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Days of Yesteryear, 1 Mar 2001
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This review is from: A State of Denmark (Mask Noir) (Paperback)
If you have read any of Mr. Raymond's Factory Series, you'll be surprised at the language and geographic shift this text differs from the classics "The Devil's Home on Leave" and "How the Dead Live." Unlike the bleak descriptions of the urban blanket known as London, "A State of Denmark" begins with a severe storm across the colorful landscape of Italy, where the coffee's warm and humidity thick. It sounds utopic and the storm is not to serve as a congregate-the-animals-into-the-boat kinda event but as a reminder that all good farmers need the rain--or so it seems. Richard has moved to Italy with his flame into a small village and have very well established themselves as active members of the community and know the language fair enough. Though they are not citizens or of Italian blood, they are for the most part respected and known as dependable neighbors that are always good for a drink and laugh. The locals casually mention that England's been making some sound with a new government--under the dictatorship of Jobling--and now Wales, Scotland and Ireland have seperated themselves from the United Kingdom. Richard just shakes his head and tells everyone that he knows Jobling (he had attempted numerous times to give the politician the expose during his stint as a journalist--but in turn failed through government and media influence (respectively) so now a new life has begun abroad, and et al. Then unfortunately, company from England starts coming around ... A very poignant piece about democracy vs. fascism, freedom vs. control; a real philosphical exploration of character that's influenced by Ezekiel and European history. At times complex, "A State of Denmark" is a great piece of literature that should be a footnote in modern English fiction.
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