The Man in the High Castle

Adazzlingspeculativenovelof'counterfactualhistory'fromoneofAmerica'smosthighly-regardedsciencefictionauthors,PhilipK.Dick'sTheManintheHighCastleincludesanintroductionbyEricBrowninPenguinModernClassics.PhilipK.Dick'sacclaimedcultnovelgivesusahorrifyingglimpseofanalternativeworld-onewheretheAllieshavelosttheSecondWorldWar.InthisnightmaredystopiatheNazishavetakenoverNewYork,theJapanesecontrolCaliforniaandtheAfricancontinentisvirtuallywipedout.InaneutralbufferzoneinAmericathatdividestheworld'snewrivalsuperpowers,livestheauthorofanundergroundbestseller.Hisbookoffersanewvisionofreality-analternativetheoryofworldhistoryinwhichtheAxispowersweredefeated-givinghopetothedisenchanted.Does'reality'liewithhim,orishisworldjustoneamongmanyothers?