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The merchants' war

by Frederik Pohl

Returning to Earth from Venus, ad-man Tennison Tarb navigates a dystopian future dominated by an advertising elite and a vast consumer underclass. To survive, he must adapt to a highly satirised society undergoing rapid political, cultural, and religious shifts.

Accession 8843 ISBN 0312902409 Publisher St. Martin's Press
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