A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

Language: English

Publisher: Gollancz

Dimensions: 5.04 x 0.63 x 7.72 inches

ISBN-10: 057507681X

ISBN-13: 978-0575076815

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Print Length: 224 pages

Description: Substance D — otherwise known as Death — is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain’s two hemispheres, leading first to disorientation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but to pass as an addict he must become a user, and soon, without knowing what is happening to him, he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring.