Synopses & Reviews
In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss. Quick sex is the norm, and some people would rather commit suicide than live in hopelessness. But two people find themselves drawn to each other in an orchestrated coupling by an android that can never die, but who has no desire to continue living.
Synopsis
Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those that survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose a quick suicide rather than slow extinction. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn.
About the Author
Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio and is best known for three of his novels, which were turned into blockbuster films: The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Hustler, and The Color of Money. He is also the author of The Steps of the Sun, which appeared shortly before his death in 1984.