If you get a chance watch the 1940s version of Postman with Lana Turner. Film noir at its best.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WGFer3-Aguw

It had one very terrifying, suspenseful scene in it, in addition to all its inventive oddities. There are very few books that make me scared to keep reading, but that one scene gave me the willies!

I read it recently, and it’s very memorable.

I read that the sequel, Parable of the Talents, has the President, a religious demagogue, have as his slogan “Make America Great Again.” I kid you not. Written about 25 years ago.