The Day of the Triffids
- ISBN-10
- 0449237214
- ISBN-13
- 9780449237212
- Series
- The Day of the Triffids
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1951
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- John Wyndham
Description
The triffids are gigantic plant marauders that afflict the earth when the majority of the people are blinded by a celestial calamity.
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