 First edition | |
| Author | Robert Swindells |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 165 pp |
| ISBN | 0-241-12898-6 |
| OCLC | 36351003 |
Daz 4 Zoe is a young-adult novel by Robert Swindells. It explores themes of social division, class conflict, and forbidden love in a dystopian future Britain. The story follows two protagonists Zoe, a 'subbie' (from the suburbs of Silverdale) and Daz a 'chippy' (from the city of Rawhampton) from opposite sides of a segregated society.[1] The novel is written in a dual narrative style, alternating between Zoe and Daz's first-person perspectives. Swindells uses phonetic spelling and poor grammar for Daz's chapters to reflect his lack of education, contrasting with Zoe's more formal narration. The novel discusses the microcosm of the 'chippies' and the 'subbies' in order to discuss the ridge between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in a dystopian future where those living in cities do not have suffrage, and the elite suburb-dwellers control the nation.
- ^ Swindells, Robert E. (1996). Roy Blatchford (ed.). Daz 4 Zoe. Longman literature. England: Longman. p. 192. ISBN 0-582-30243-9.