<p>In <i>Dhalgren</i> perhaps one of the most profound and bestselling science fiction novels of all time Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel that rivals the best American fiction of the 1970s.</p><p>Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there … the population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. And into this disaster zone comes a young man—a poet lover and adventurer—known only as the Kid.</p><p>Tackling questions of race gender and sexuality <i>Dhalgren</i> is a literary marvel and a groundbreaking work of American magical realism.</p>