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SurveillanceJonathan Raban

Surveillance

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"In the not-too-distant future, national identity cards are mandatory, and America has become obsessed with intelligence-gathering. The government's scrutiny is omnipresent, civilians freely indulge their curiosity on the Internet, journalists pursue their investigations with relentless determination, and children both snoop on their parents and manipulate new technologies." "In Seattle, the unfulfilled actor Tad Zachary now performs mostly in the Department of Homeland Security's fictional disaster scenarios, while his friend and neighbor Lucy Bengstrom struggles to support her…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionVintage Books20082579781400033652
EditionPantheon20072579780375422447
HardcoverPantheon Books20062409780330413381
World Wide WebPsychological fictionElectronic surveillanceImmigrantsRight of PrivacyFictionAuthorsMothers and daughters