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The emergency
Packer, George, 1960-2025
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F PACKScience Fiction | Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2026 |
An empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency that follows, youth rebellions of urban Burghers and rural Yeomen embrace radical new ideas of humanity. Doctor Hugo Rustin, chief surgeon at the Imperial College Hospital, is increasingly estranged from his city and his family - from his wife, Annabelle, who finds fulfillment in their changed community; and especially from his teenage daughter, Selva, who has turned against her father's values. When an incident at the hospital leads to Rustin's disgrace, he seeks redemption in a quixotic and dangerous journey into the countryside, with Selva as his companion, just as the conflict between Burghers and Yeomen is reaching a crisis.
Main title:
The emergency / George Packer.
Author:
Packer, George, 1960-, author
Imprint:
Sydney, New South Wales : Picador, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2025.©2025
Collation:
401 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781761777318 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
Civil war -- FictionPhysicians -- FictionSurgeons -- FictionIntergenerational relations -- FictionConflict of generations -- FictionParent and teenager -- FictionSocial classes -- FictionSocial problems -- FictionSocial conflict -- FictionScandals -- FictionPolitical stability -- FictionAlienation (Social psychology) -- FictionDystopian fictionScience fictionPolitical fiction
BRN:
516968
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F PACKScience Fiction | Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2026 |