A young adult dystopian novel, set mostly in a future Los Angeles. One of my students told me I just had to read it, so I did. It's a pretty good book -- a little slow at times, but still a good read, and this dystopian future is definitely an unpleasant one.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”