The Broken Bubble

Four People's Lives Intertwine And Collide In This Early Novel From One Of The Sf Greats San Francisco In The 1950s, A Turning Point In American Culture: The Rise Of Rock And Roll And The Teenage Lifestyle. Jim Briskin Is A Disc Jockey On Radio Koif. He's Still In Love With His Ex-wife, Pat - Even Though She's About To Marry Someone Else At The Station - And She's Vacillating Between Them. But When He Takes Her To Visit The Desperate Household Of Two Of His Teenage Fans, She Seduces The Boy Into Abandoning His Pregnant Wife - Who Then Claims Jim As Her Protector And Support. And All Around Them The Cultural Upheaval Of Postwar American Society Is Manifest, By Teenage Outcasts Who Have A Remote-controlled Nazi Automobile They Use To Bump Into The Rich Kids' Cars; By Thisbe Holt, The Dancer Who Performs For Conventioneers By Stuffing Herself Inside A Clear Plastic Bubble; By Blaring Used-car Ads And The Conflict Between Generations. Dick Gives Us A Vision Of Redemption Tempered With Layered Ironies And A Lot Of Real Humour.