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Moxyland
- 320 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 2009
- 11 editions
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1 About this book
Moxyland is a cyberpunk dystopian novel written by South African author, Lauren Beukes. The book was published in 2008.
Moxyland is narrated by four different characters, and each chapter focuses on one of the narrators and her or his own experience living in near futuristic Cape Town, South Africa and under an oppressive and pervasive government and media.
Overall, Moxyland was well received. It was nominated for Sunday Times Fiction Prize.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: dystopian fiction and a thriller.
- South African fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- South africa
- Thrillers
- Science fiction
- Social conditions
2 About Lauren Beukes
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
3 More by Lauren Beukes
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