{"product_id":"no-transfer-paperback","title":"No Transfer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly the cream of the crop get into ultra-prestigious Modern University, and students are virtually guaranteed powerful and high-paid positions upon graduation. Drinking and sex are allowed, and even encouraged, and everything students need - classrooms, restaurants, shopping, and bars - is self-contained inside the school's fifty-story high-rise tower. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there's a catch. Once you start, you can't drop out or transfer to another school. And behind its glossy exterior, Modern has a terrible secret, a macabre and horrible way of ensuring its students perform to the best of their ability. When one young student, Gary Fort, witnesses the unspeakable truth of the school's \"Self-Discipline Plan,\" he decides to fight back, and the suspense builds until the book's chilling conclusion ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqual parts campus novel, satire on modern education, and gripping horror story, \u003cem\u003e No Transfer\u003c\/em\u003e (1967) earned rave reviews from the nation's leading critics. This reprint, the first in half a century, includes a new afterword by the author, who wrote it at age 20 while a student at Michigan State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable first novel . . . shockingly convincing.\" -\u003cem\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Walton is called by his publishers 'a genuine voice of his time' and they claim this novel is already being compared to \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lottery\u003c\/em\u003e. I don't doubt it a bit.\" - \u003cem\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An academic shocker with quite a hook; one reads it in a state of frozen uneasiness. This is a contemporary chiller of and for our time, or just beyond - the achievement tests of 1984?\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A low-key horror story that satirizes present-day big-university education. This chilling story builds to a strong climax.\" - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wanta take a 'trip' without LSD? Step right this way, baby . . . To say that this book is a shocker is to low rate it.\" - \u003cem\u003eAmerican Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Just a note. While reading this one keep in mind that it's fiction.\" - \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chilling and subtle . . . completely unexpected . . . A half-mad world of the young with an Orwellian flavor and an aura of believability.\" - \u003cem\u003eSacramento Bee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253976219897,"sku":"9781960241108","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/E6szqlsFFR9781960241108.webp?v=1768709596","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/no-transfer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}