On the Beach

Hardcover, 311 pages

English language

Published June 11, 1986 by Amereon House.

ISBN:
978-0-88411-349-2
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OCLC Number:
611543660

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A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North.

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Ah, 1960s nuclear apocalypse, a genre nearly unto itself. Shute provides the reader a better than average rendition, choosing to focus on he reactions of individuals as they each try to come to grips with the fact that death, in the form of nuclear fallout, is heading their way. Sobering not so much from the anti-nuclear perspective, but moreso from asking 'how would I react?'.

Worth the read.

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