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Leni ZumasLeni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,... Continue »
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On the Beach

by Nevil Shute

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Publisher Comments:

"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345420190
Author:
Shute, Nevil
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Australia
Subject:
Nuclear warfare
Subject:
War stories
Subject:
Nuclear warfare -- Fiction.
Copyright:
1957
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books trade paperback ed.
Series Volume:
vol. 1
Publication Date:
September 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.66x5.50x.72 in. .87 lbs.
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