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Published 1972 by MacGibbon & Kee · 269 pages
Nebula · 1975
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4 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1966–1980
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Synopsis
In a bureaucratically managed New York City of the 2020s, residents of a public housing block at 334 East 11th Street live with welfare rationing and reproductive licensing. Six linked narratives follow the Hanson family and their neighbors as they seek intimacy and escape in a society decaying without collapse.
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