- Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Virus diseases of plants, Fiction
At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Christopher
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 225
- Publisher
- Penguin Books in association with M. Joseph, Michael Joseph, The SYLE Press
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Russian, English, und
- ISBN
- 9780140013009
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