Books Details
Author : L.P. Hartley Pages : 263 pages Publisher : Hamish
Hamilton Language : ISBN-10 : 1194517.Facial_Justice ISBN-13 :
9780241901687
Books Descriptions
The dystopian society that emerges after World War Three is
based on a collective sense of guilt. Citizens of this new
world, officially labelled 'delinquents' by their Dictator, are
named after murderers and are obliged to wear sackcloth and
ashes. Individualism is stamped out. Privilege, which might
arouse envy, is energetically discouraged. Thus it is no
surprise to find Jael 97 reporting to the Ministry of Facial
Justice. Being facially overprivileged, her good looks have
been the cause of discontent among other women, and she has
considered having a beta (second-grade) face fitted. But this
affront to her ego stirs her rebellious spirit, and she begins
the struggle to reassert the rights of the individual.
