u003cbu003eA pioneering work of dystopian fiction from one of Sweden's most acclaimed writersu003c/bu003eu003cpu003eWritten midway between u003ciu003eBrave New Worldu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eNineteen Eighty-Fouru003c/iu003e, as the terrible events of the Second World War were unfolding, u003ciu003eKallocainu003c/iu003e depicts a totalitarian 'World State' which seeks to crush the individual entirely. In this desolate, paranoid landscape of 'police eyes' and 'police ears', the obedient citizen and middle-ranking scientist Leo Kall discovers a drug that will force anyone who takes it to tell the truth. But can private thought really be obliterated? Karin Boye's chilling novel of creeping alienation shows the dangers of acquiescence and the power of resistance, no matter how futile.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eTranslated with an introduction by David McDuffu003c/pu003e
