Bob Arctor is an undercover narcotics agent. He's also a drug addict. When his two identities begin to blur, he's assigned to surveil himself — and can't tell which version is real anymore. Dick's most personal novel, written from his own experience with drug culture. The afterword lists friends who died or were damaged.
Brief sexual references.
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Moods: Paranoid Tragic Druggy Personal
Tropes: Undercover Agent Drug Culture Identity Split Surveillance
The afterword lists real people Dick lost to drugs — it's deeply personal.
Rotoscoped Keanu Reeves film, 2006 — one of the best Dick adaptations.
Barely — the surveillance tech is sci-fi but the drug experience is painfully real.