Where The Lights Glow Darkly

Author	Mohammed Nadir
Country	Gassasinia
Language	Gassasinian
Genre	Science Fiction
Set in	2057
Publisher	Ghorayeb Publishing
Publication date	1990
Published in English	1992
Media type	Print (Paperback & Hardback)
Followed by	How Can The Sun Cast a Shadow?

Where The Lights Glow Darkly is a dystopian science fiction novel by the Gassasinian author Mohammed Nadir published in 1990. Where The Lights Glow Darkly follows Bruce Kafrouny, a disabled man from a working-class background who struggles to make it in the cut-throat corporate world of Jabiyah, where a strict caste system between the "educated" - seen as enlightened and progressive who are allowed to vote - and the "uneducated" - seen as backwards and idiotic. Although claiming to express the virtues of equality, in reality the highly capitalistic and consumerist society of 2057 Gassasinia creates a playing field whereby it is difficult for the disadvantaged to get an equal footing to those who come from a more privileged background.

Where The Lights Glow Darkly was written as a cautionary tale about the enthusiastic and unrestrained approach to capitalism undertaken by Gassasinian society during the radical transition from a developing to a developed country throughout the 1980's and early 1990's. Mohammed Nadir believed that Gassasinia's rapid growth risked leaving the disadvantaged in the dust as society became more self-interested, and strayed away from the family structure that helped people in their times of need.