On the Beach
- ISBN-10
- 0345311485
- ISBN-13
- 9780345311481
- Series
- On the Beach
- Category
- Australia
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1957
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Author
- Nevil Shute
Description
Following the outbreak of a devastating nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere, the inhabitants of a small Australian community await the inevitable after-effects of the bombs to reach them. Reissue.
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