Very Good Very Good, DJ Very Good 1.5 x 6.8 x 10.0 inches. Condition very good in black boards, DJ very good, clean tight 1st edition. Imagine a world in which no one can lie. Now try to imagine the consequences. Halperin has written this generation's 1984, and rarely have our customers praised a book more highly. (Click on the title, and find out what they have to say.assuming they are telling the truth! ) And only time will tell whether Halperin's book is speculative fiction, or inverse history. Very Highly Recommended.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Truth Machine
Publisher: Del Rey, New York
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0345410564
ISBN 13: 9780345410566
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown

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Synopsis

Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation.

It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America. Now, the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime Bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent accuracy.

Once perfected, the Truth Machine will change the face of the world. Yet the race to finish the Truth Machine forces one man to commit a shocking act of treachery, burdening him with a dark secret that collides with everything he believes in. Now he must conceal the truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution.

By turns optimistic and chilling--and always profound--The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility.

"PROFOUND."
--Associated Press

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About the Author

Like his protagonist, James L. Halperin was born and raised in Massachusetts, attended Harvard, and eventually settled in Dallas, Texas. There the similarities end. He now directs the world's largest rare coin company. This is his first novel; he is already hard at work on his next.

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