Karin Boye - Kallocaína

In a dehumanized future, a totalitarian state controls a society that, in its eagerness for the promised security, has bent to its will.

In underground cities, embroiled in a permanent war, the World State has elevated snitching to a civic act and disposes of the lives of its soldiers at will, who, fearing denunciations and persecution, do everything in the name of the common good. When the scientist Leo Kall discovers a truth serum - kallocaine - that is more effective than torture or propaganda, the state has no qualms about breaking down the already fragile barriers of individuality and extorting every secret and thought from its citizens. A requiem for humanity in dark times, Kallocaína retains all its clarity to this day.