DICK, Philip K. (1928-1982). The Man in the High Castle. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
8vo. Original black cloth; dust jacket (few small chips and short creases to edges, small tape repair verso to front flap fold near upper corner).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the gutter coder "D36" on p.239. Winner of the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and widely considered one of Philip K. Dick’s finest and most important works.
Set in an alternate version of 1962, fifteen years after Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany have won World War II and partitioned the United States between them. The West Coast is controlled by Japan as the Pacific States of America, while the East is ruled by Nazi Germany, with a neutral buffer zone in the Rocky Mountains. The story follows several characters, including antiques dealer Robert Childan, trade official Nobusuke Tagomi, and Frank and Juliana Frink, as they navigate life under oppressive regimes. A central element is the banned underground novel The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, which imagines a world where the Allies won the war.
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