The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a
not-too-distant future where books are burned by
a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a
fireman. His job is to burn books, which are
forbidden, being the source of all discord and
unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there
is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in
his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire
Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic,
escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down
those dissidents who defy society to preserve
and read books. The classic novel of a
post-literate future, 'Fahrenheit 451' stands
alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave
New World' as a prophetic account of Western
civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs
and conformity. Bradbury's powerful and poetic
prose combines with uncanny insight into the
potential of technology to create a novel which
over fifty years from first publication, still
has the power to dazzle and shock.