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The Queue

by: Basma Abdel Aziz

Publisher: Melville House Publishing (2012)

$19.99

Staff Pick by comrade: QW

The Queue follows several people trapped in a dystopian bureaucratic state reminiscent of Kafka's 'The Trial.' This is a clever exploration of propaganda and the ways that people are brought together only to be manipulated by fear of the state. Well worth a read.