Make Room! Make Room! (Penguin Modern Classics)

A gangster is murdered during a blistering manhattan heat wave city cop andy rusch is under pressure solve the crime and captivated by the victims beautiful girlfriend but it is difficult to catch a killer, let alone get the girl, in crazy streets crammed full of people the planets population has exploded the 35 million inhabitants of new york city run their tvs off pedal power, riot for water, loot and trample for lentil steaks and are controlled by sinister barbed wire dropped from the skywritten in 1966 and set in 1999, make room! make room! is a witty and unnerving story about stretching the earths resources, and the human spirit, to breaking point