Revelatory Harry Harrisons novel about Earth on the edge of disaster is both bracing and cathartic impressively prescient GuardianThe planets population has exploded and resources are stretched to breaking point And in a sweltering overcrowded New York City of 35 million desperate inhabitants a police detective must try to solve a murder The basis of the cult film Soylent Green this eerily prophetic novel is a nightmarish vision of a world in meltdownA cautionary tale of what might happen if American consumption goes unchecked Los Angeles TimesAn author with a serious purpose and a subversive wit Christopher Priest