Now Heinlein creates Valentine Michael Smith, the 22nd-century man from Mars who "finds himself in a frightening society which he does not comprehend."

"What unfolds is potent social criticism that slaps at human ideas of morality, religion, politics and love; caresses cannibalism, sexual promiscuity, suicide and anarchy - and manages to remain incredibly credible!  It is as cynical as George Bernard Shaw and, luckily for its readers, Comparably witty."