1984 PLUS SIX...

1990 — AND FOR MOST PEOPLE, LIFE IN BRITAIN IS HELL ON EARTH

Strict rationing of food and alcohol (except for the bureaucrats who know how to bend the rules)...sophisticated electronic surveillance of anyone suspected of opposing the status quo...ruthless suppression of independent thought in special State brainwashing units cunningly disguised as humane rest-homes...illegal emigration a bigger problem for the authorities than illegal immigration ever was in the 1960s and 1970s — life in Britain in 1990 is a nightmarish development of today's increasingly controlled society.

But there is clandestine resistance to the monstrously repressive "civil service" control apparatus. And Kyle is one of the resistance's most effective operators. Trouble is, Kyle is also a bit too keen for his own good on the lovely but lethal Delly Lomas, Deputy Controller in the all-powerful Public Control Department...