Candor (novel)
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| Author | Pam Bachorz |
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Publication date | 2009 |
Candor is a 2009 young adult science fiction novel by Pam Bachorz, tackling the theme of mind control.[1]
Set in the near future, uses a trope common to horror in speculative fiction, that of a small town "malevolently under some kind of mesmeric or unholy control".[2] A review in Wired magazine described the book's fictional setting as one that would produce "Stepford children", children brainwashed into conformity via subliminal messages.[3] Its protagonist is Oscar Banks, whose father founded the town, and operates its system of indoctrination. Banks pretends to be a conformist, while covertly helping residents escape.[1][4] Banks encounters a new girl in town, Nia, who has a strikingly different personality, forcing him to decide whether to keep her in town to alleviate his boredom, or help her also leave.[3]