By L. P. Hartley
'You'll by no means be at liberty till you could imagine and appear and feel like people . . .' Jael ninety seven is an Alpha. Deemed over-privileged for her attractiveness, she is pressured to report back to the Ministry of Facial Justice, the place her face might be reconstructed. For Jael lives within the New kingdom, created out of the devastation of the 3rd global struggle. below the guideline of the Darling Dictator, electorate needs to put on sackcloth and ashes, and just a 17.5% quotum of character is authorized to every. something that evokes envy is forbidden. yet Jael can't suppress her rebellious spirit. Secretly, she begins to reassert the rights of the person, and comes to a decision to seek down the faceless Dictator. 'An exquisitely unique fable' Observer
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