- Hardcover: 303 pages
- Publisher: Scribner (June 1983)
- ISBN-10: 0892561653
- ISBN-13: 978-0892561650
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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"A thriller about the distant past and terrifying future, set in a vividly drawn San Francisco... Riveting."
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In the hallowed halls of the capital, some who have sworn to preserve our nation's union are secretly plotting its demise ... and they are willing to kill to achieve their goals.
The country has been split into two distinct factions over energy - "the haves" (those states that are fuel self-sufficient) and "the have nots". The inept execution of a flawed foreign policy in the Middle East has resulted in an Arab-backed oil embargo of the United States.
Now the country is in the grips of the most severe winter in years, and rationing has led to unrest and rioting in the streets ¿ and certain politicians and business power brokers are ready to make a move.
As masses freeze in Chicago and the northeast, fuel-sufficient sunbelt conspirators seek to separate themselves from the rest of the nation, make their own foreign policy, and govern by their own rules¿and to do it they will resort to blackmail, bribery, and even murder.
The Constitution is only a stumbling block, and it can be amended.
The United States will be united no more.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
The country has been split into two distinct factions over energy - "the haves" (those states that are fuel self-sufficient) and "the have nots". The inept execution of a flawed foreign policy in the Middle East has resulted in an Arab-backed oil embargo of the United States.
Now the country is in the grips of the most severe winter in years, and rationing has led to unrest and rioting in the streets ¿ and certain politicians and business power brokers are ready to make a move.
As masses freeze in Chicago and the northeast, fuel-sufficient sunbelt conspirators seek to separate themselves from the rest of the nation, make their own foreign policy, and govern by their own rules¿and to do it they will resort to blackmail, bribery, and even murder.
The Constitution is only a stumbling block, and it can be amended.
The United States will be united no more.
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I read it in one night!!,
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This review is from: The Great Divide (Mass Market Paperback)
I could not put the book down. As the minutes ticked on into the early morning I kept telling myself one more chapter until I reached the end. It was the best book I have read in years.
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Hard to believe that a book originally published 20 years ago could be so prescient. The parallels to the current political reality are uncanny. A great read!
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A terrific book. Just saw Fahrenheit 911, and read this book in the same week. Really makes you think. A prescient, intriguing book, written with a lot of style. I loved it.
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