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Fahrenheit 451
- Author: Ray Bradbury
- Year: 1993
- Pages: 192
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The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The mechanical hound of the fire department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.
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