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.
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ISBN: 0345342968 (pbk)
ISBN: 0743247221 (hc.)
Physical Description:179 p. : ill ; cm.regular print
Publisher:New York : Ballantine Books, 1953.
General Note: "Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns..."Copies must be checked out as a set.