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The extremes

Christopher Priest

1999314 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1999
first published
  • 1998Simon & Schuster, · 352 pagesISBN 9780684816326
  • 1999St. Martin's Press · 393 pages · ENGISBN 9780312205416
  • 2000Warner Books · 393 pages · ENGISBN 9780446676458
  • 2005Gollancz · 314 pages · ENGISBN 9780575075788
  • 2015GALLIMARD · 496 pagesISBN 9782070464296
  • 2004Gallimard Education · 496 pagesISBN 9782070317073
  • —Simon & Schuster · 352 pagesISBN 9780684819419
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After visiting a virtual-reality store--selling the scenario of a mass shooting--a killer carries out a mass shooting himself. FBI agent Teresa Simons tries to determine if the experience influenced him. A look at the effect of violence-entertainment on people.

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