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The Green Gene

by Peter Dickinson

When an Indian doctor arrives in an alternative Britain where Celts are segregated due to their green skin, he encounters a brutal system of oppression. After his host family is murdered, he joins an underground rebellion fighting for racial equality.

Accession 32160 ISBN — Publisher DAW Books
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