On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair+ condition - name with numbers on first page, tape on spine, doodle on top page edges, heavy cover corner & edge wear
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About This Item
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
ISBN-13: 9780345248305
ISBN-10: 0345248309
Publication Date: 8/12/1975
Fourth printing
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Paperback
4.15 x 7 inches, 279 pages
Following the war, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife, he becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. Then a Morse code signal is picked up and the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life.
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
- Worldwide Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0123202403
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+ condition - name with numbers on first page, tape on spine, doodle on top page edges, heavy cover corner & edge wear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 279
- Size
- 4.15 x 7 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, novel, military, romance, cinema basis
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