This Perfect Day by Ira Levin [1970 HARDCOVER]

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1970] RANDOM HOUSE

Dystopian sci-fi sleeper classic from the author of Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives.

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.   Excellent reading copy! 

Dust jacket has been taped to the book cover at front and rear panels, but is in very nice condition; a few stains and edge tears but very nice overall. 

Contents read like new! 

The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.” The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp’s will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night.