'Revelatory. Harry Harrison's novel about Earth on the edge of disaster is both bracing and
cathartic ... impressively prescient' Guardian The planet's population has exploded and
resources are stretched to breaking point. And in a sweltering overcrowded New York City of
35 million desperate inhabitants a police detective must try to solve a murder. The basis of
the cult film Soylent Green this eerily prophetic novel is a nightmarish vision of a world in
meltdown. 'A cautionary tale of what might happen if American consumption goes unchecked' Los
Angeles Times 'An author with a serious purpose and a subversive wit' Christopher Priest
