Last Election

The Last Election (1986) by Pete Davies is a black comedy set in a near-future England entirely governed by market logic, where the ruling Money Party maintains power through television, pharmaceuticals, and managed distraction while the unemployed majority is kept subdued and the affluent elite retreats into gated enclaves of consumption. Davies draws on the political atmosphere of Thatcher's Britain to construct a satire that shares something of the anarchic energy of A Clockwork Orange, though its target is capitalism rather than violence. The first published novel by Davies, who went on to become better known for his writing on history and sport.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, black cloth. London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. ISBN: 0233977961. #10051.
Fine in fine dust jacket.