84K: Signed
by North, Claire
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0356507378
- ISBN 13
- 9780356507378
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Orbit, 2018. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A - British - First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy..
Reviews
On Jul 9 2018, a reader said:
84K is the fifth novel by British author, Claire North. Theo Miller (not his real name) works at the Criminal Audit Office. When a crime has been committed, his job is to calculate what the cost to the guilty will be. It can be a little complicated, but he has formulae and algorithms to guide him. It's a job. He hasn't given much thought to what happens to those too poor to pay.
But then, from his deep past, when he wasn't yet Thomas Miller, comes Dani Cumali, wanting him to help her find her daughter. His daughter. Could it be? When he finally overcomes his reticence, it's too late: Dani has been murdered. Her case crosses his desk at work, and after the legal wrangles are done and her assassin pays a paltry 84,000 pounds (84K) to avoid jail and publicity, perhaps that's when it finally sinks in for Theo: it gets personal.
What The Company, the one that effectively runs the country, doesn't realise is that Dani has dirt on them, important dirt. And her last words to Theo were "She's your daughter. Don't f##k it up." Theo's had a pretty mediocre go at life; could he do one good thing? Could he save Lucy? And ensure that she has a better life?
Perhaps the best dystopian stories are those that vary from the way of life with which we are all familiar by a matter of mere degrees. The suspension of disbelief required is then minor and that makes it all the more alarming. North achieves this with consummate ease. Most of us have by now experienced victim blaming and lesser rights for aliens (Trump era): North takes it just a bit further, so that Thomas's Criminal Auditing job, the epitome of dehumanising crime, is not such a far stretch.
We're already seeing gated communities, relocation of the aesthetically distasteful poor, corporate sponsorship/ownership of sports teams and venues, privatised public services (police, hospitals, prisons) with the attendant increase in prices and decrease in service. The world North presents is not so far from that; in fact, it rings so frighteningly true that we have to hope she's not too prescient.
While most of the story is told in two time periods, there is, throughout both, constant recall of past events, as well as multiple echoes of recent incidents, repeated almost like reminders. While times are not clearly marked, the context precludes ambiguity. And despite the nature of the tale, there is humour, some of it quite dark: Theo is unable, as he commits all manner of crimes, to stop himself from auditing his own misdeeds in a running mental commentary. Topical and salutary, this is another brilliant read.
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- Bookseller
- skylarkerbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036025
- Title
- 84K: Signed
- Author
- North, Claire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1ST
- ISBN 10
- 0356507378
- ISBN 13
- 9780356507378
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2018
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