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Author Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960.

Title On the beach / Nevil Shute.

Imprint New York : Ballantine Books, 1974, c1957.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  823.912 Sh94o 1974    ---  Available
Edition 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Description 278 p. ; 18 cm.
Note Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1957.
Summary A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North. 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.
Subject Nuclear warfare -- Fiction.
Science fiction.
ISBN 0345311485
9780345311481 (pbk.)

 
    
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