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McQuay, Mike. JITTERBUG. Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1984]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Twenty-second century America is ruled by a fanatical Arab dictator who has life-and-death power over every human being on Earth because he controls the "Jitterbug," a plague virus used for genocidal extermination. The only safety for approved "citizens" is residence in one of the decaying cities protected from the JIT, where millions of people struggle for survival while corrupt city managers battle each other for the remnants of power. "Authoritarian dystopia." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 423. Top edge of pages a bit spotted, else a fine copy. (#146604).

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