In Henry Porter's critically acclaimed novel "The Bell Ringers, " England in the near future is eerily familiar. There are concerns about terrorism, the press is feisty, and the prime minister is soon to call a general election. But quietly--largely unknown to the public or even most in government--things have become undeniably Orwellian. Cameras with license-plate recognition software record the movements of every car. A sophisticated top-secret data-mining system known as Deep Truth combs through personal records, ...
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In Henry Porter's critically acclaimed novel "The Bell Ringers, " England in the near future is eerily familiar. There are concerns about terrorism, the press is feisty, and the prime minister is soon to call a general election. But quietly--largely unknown to the public or even most in government--things have become undeniably Orwellian. Cameras with license-plate recognition software record the movements of every car. A sophisticated top-secret data-mining system known as Deep Truth combs through personal records, identifying violators of minor laws as well as those disposed to "antigovernment" beliefs. In the interest of security, the divide between private and public has crumbled. Freedom has given way to control. David Eyam was once the prime minister's head of intelligence. He was one of those who knew about Deep Truth, but he suffered a fall from grace. Then, while on vacation in Columbia, he was killed by a terrorist bomb. Now his former lover, Kate Lockhard, has been named as the benefactor of his estate. But Eyam has left her more than just wealth; Kate is also heir to his dangerous secrets. Chilling, absorbing, and unsettlingly realistic, "The Bell Ringers" is a fearless work from a talented novelist at the top of his game.
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"The Bell Ringers" is in fact the North American edition of Henry Porter's book "The Dying Light". So one or the other gets sold to the unwary as a different book by Henry Porter, when the only difference between the two books is the differnce between English, and the North American version of the same.
One has to wonder why The British are quite content to read books by American authors in American English while North ¨Americans seem unable to deal with the English version of the language they use.
The two books are one book and are excellent. But remember to chose the version which best suits your ideas of how The English speak English. For receptive and educated people from either side of the atlantic, that means, buy "The Dying Light" and reject "The Bell ringers". That way you will understand the reality of the book, which is written by an English writer, better. The question "Would you reccommend this book to a friend" is clearly unanswerable since the reply obviously depends on the open mindedness and knowledge of international matters of the friend as well, perhaps, as where they live. The question posed did not allow for the possibility that some people don't live in the USA, or Britain, or maybe even live somewhere else. Perhaps Alibris needs internationalising too.
