They

a sequence of unease

by

94 pages

English language

Published March 18, 1977 by Allen Lane.

ISBN:
9780713910568
OCLC Number:
4466029

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3 stars (1 review)

This is Britain: but not as we know it.

THEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon the National Gallery is purged; eerie towers survey the coast; mobs stalk the countryside destroying artworks - and those who resist.

THEY capture dissidents - writers, painters, musicians, even the unmarried and childless - in military sweeps, 'curing' these subversives of individual identity.

Survivors gather together as cultural refugees, preserving their crafts, creating, loving and remembering. But THEY make it easier to forget ...

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reviewed They: a sequence of unease by Kay Dick

My review of ‘They’

3 stars

It is an unusual book to read. There is very little exposition to explain the background as to what events have transpired. so your opinion of the world that the book is set in is based on very little material.

The chapters felt disconnected…they are more like snapshots into the life of the protagonist and you are left wondering how much time has passed between each chapter.

The language is beautiful and the book does an amazing job of conjuring up dark forboding images just by the references to ‘they’, ‘them’ ‘they’re’ etc.

I liked it but was washing for more from the ending.