Substance mort

mass market paperback, 395 pages

French language

Published Oct. 11, 2000 by Gallimard.

ISBN:
978-2-07-041577-9
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reviewed A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

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5 stars

Content warning Contains some information on the plot and some thoughts about it.

Review of 'A Scanner Darkly' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

a weird far-out trip.....

short plot description: set in a near futture california we follow the story mostly from the perspective of Agent Fred, a law enforcement officer working in narcotics. When we meet him he is working undercover under the name "Bob Arctor", living in his house with some drug addicts and trying to break into the ranks of "Substance D"-dealers. Somewhere along the way he himself has become addicted and is having trouble distinguishing between his two identities and what's real and what are delusions. Things get even more confused for Fred/Bob when his superior (who doesn't know his second identity) assigns him to spy on himself.....

my thoughts: very intense and personal novel by PKD. In this books he explores themes of drug use and abuse, the construction of reality and the relationship between police-criminal (amongst others). Told from the inside of the characters it felt like …