GLADIATOR-AT-LAW

by Frederik and Pohl, M. Kornbluth

$1,250 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Ballantine Books, 1955 . Small octavo, cloth. First edition. A satirical attack on near-future capitalism, in which the hero is a crusading lawyer who braves the slums of Belly Rave 'Belle Reve' where the populace are sustained, Roman-fashion, by bread and circuses. Eventually he becomes a literal gladiator, fighting for the people's cause. Excellent, amusing detail, even if the denouement is a bit hard to

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