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The Facility

The Facility

The Facility
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The Facility Paperback - 2012

by Lelic, Simon,

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  • Title The Facility
  • Author Lelic, Simon,
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books
  • Publication date 2012-08-28
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 16676290-n
  • ISBN 9780143120681 / 0143120689
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.81 x 5.14 x 1.03 in (19.84 x 13.06 x 2.62 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
  • Library of Congress subjects False imprisonment, Political corruption
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012023398
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 5

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Summary

"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this."

In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start to “disappear” people from the streets for unspecified crimes. But when unassuming dentist Arthur Priestley is snatched and held prisoner at a top-secret facility, his estranged wife, Julia, and a brave but naive journalist named Tom Clarke embark on a harrowing quest for the truth. Following a trail that leads to the very top of government, they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. Well-crafted, fast-paced, and totally compelling, The Facility is a brilliant thriller that resonates eerily with the timbre of our times.

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From the publisher

"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this."

In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start to "disappear" people from the streets for unspecified crimes. But when unassuming dentist Arthur Priestley is snatched and held prisoner at a top-secret facility, his estranged wife, Julia, and a brave but naive journalist named Tom Clarke embark on a harrowing quest for the truth. Following a trail that leads to the very top of government, they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. Well-crafted, fast-paced, and totally compelling, The Facility is a brilliant thriller that resonates eerily with the timbre of our times.

Media reviews

“Fans of Saramago’s Blindness will be blown away by this, a chilling election-year fable for our current era of universal surveillance and corporate control of media and its perverse influence on politics. Lelic’s prose is lean and cinematic.”—Library Journal

Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2012, Page 29
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2012, Page 77
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/09/2012, Page 38

About the author

Simon Lelic is the author of The Child Who and A Thousand Cuts, winner of a Betty Trask award, shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award and for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel; it was also selected as a New York Times notable crime book. He has worked as a journalist and currently runs his own business. He lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children.

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