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Distraction
Published 1998 by Bantam Spectra · 439 pages
Hugo · 1999
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4 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 1986–1999
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Synopsis
In a near-future America where the economy has collapsed and politics has become pure spectacle, a brilliant political spin doctor navigates a bizarre campaign while defending a federal science lab from a hostile state governor.
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