A Scanner Darkly (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Philip K. Dick
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Near future and distant future fiction
- Subjects: Future, Drugs, Drug trafficking or dealing
Fred is an undercover narcotics agent who poses as drug user Bob Arctor. Bob shares his house with two other users, Barris and Luckman, and has a girlfriend, Donna, who is a small-time dealer. Bob is addicted to Substance D—the “D” standing primarily for Death—and is ostensibly using Donna to find the source of this drug. To prevent corruption, the government uses scramble suits to protect the identity of agents; not even supervisors know who they are underneath. Fred is assigned to monitor the group at Bob's house, but by necessity, that means he must monitor himself as Bob or...
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