Day World Rebel, Philip Jose Farmer, Grafton London 1988

 

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Jefferson Caird was a ‘Tuesday person’ – like every other citizen of the 35th Century AD he was allowed to live only one day in seven, spending the other six ‘stoned’ in a state of suspended animation. But now, Caird is a Daybreaker – refusing to accept his government’s bizzare solution to the world’s population crisis, he functions every day of the week.

When Caird is caught, the police attempt brainwashing in an effort to break the man who has broken all the rules. Caird escapes and goes on the run – hunted not just for what he is, but also for what he knows…