Categories: Fiction Books Classic Books & Novels Political & Legal Political & Legal Science Fiction Science Fiction Classic Science Fiction Classic Science Fiction Fantasy Fantasy Books Fahrenheit 451 3.98 (2,116,628 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback English By (author) Ray Bradbury The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books. The classic novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwells 1984 and Huxleys Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilizations enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity. Bradburys powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock. Product details Format Paperback | 192 pages Dimensions 129 x 198 x 18mm | 230g Publication date 16 Mar 2018 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Imprint HarperVoyager Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom Language English 13 9780006546061 Bestsellers rank 2,059