A Christmas gift from Matty. Thanks!

From the back cover:

Bookworm/Assassin
Donald Hogan was a mild-mannered student, a dilettante intellectual, at least that's what everyone was supposed to think he was. But Donald knew otherwise.
He was a spy.
But what Donald didn't know was that in a world overpopulated by the billions - in a society squeezed into hive-living madness by megabrain computers, mass-marketed psychedelics, and eugenics - where everyone was struggling for life... he himself was programmed for death!

What an odd book! It took me forever to get through, because I didn't feel any driving force to the plot. Instead, I just followed many characters, some for longer than others, as they lived in their crazy future world. Some sections of the book made me uncomfortable, like I couldn't tell if the characters' sexism and racism were part of the story. Not sure how to feel about that. But overall, this was a fascinating read, very different, and I can now understand why it won a Hugo award.

I love it when I give a gift and then I end up with it. :) Thanks rednumbertwo!

I'll leave this at the OBCZ after our monthly meeting g of bookcrossers if no one wants to take it home.

This book is currently sitting on the Winnipeg Official Bookcrossing Zone bookshelf in Second Cup, 254 Edmonton St., Winnipeg MB.

It is waiting there for a new reader to take home, read, and release back into the wild!

Winnipeg bookcrossers meet at my location every month to chat about books, swap great reads, and release on the OBCZ shelves. Please join us! We love to see new faces! If you want to get notices of the meetings you can join our Facebook Group or our Yahoo Email Group! You will enjoy the comfy atmosphere, the fabulous coffees and teas, and the yummy treats!

Picked up at the Winnipeg Official Bookcrossing Zone bookshelf in Second Cup, 254 Edmonton St., Winnipeg MB. Looking forward to reading it.