On the Beach
by SHUTE, Nevil
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Synopsis
"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 CHRONICLEThey 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....From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038034
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- SHUTE, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nevil Shute;
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