On the Beach
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Maysville, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- BookRanger (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR-1217-315
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Softcover. Glued binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked. Book appears to be unread.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Fiction. Nuclear War. World War 3.
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