The Drought (Paladin Books)
by:
J.G. Ballard (author)
By the bestselling author of Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes - the world is threatened by dramatic climate change in this highly acclaimed and influential novel. Water. Man,s most precious commodity is a luxury of the past. Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to...
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By the bestselling author of Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes - the world is threatened by dramatic climate change in this highly acclaimed and influential novel. Water. Man,s most precious commodity is a luxury of the past. Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to form a protective skin strong enough to devastate the Earth it once sustained. And while the remorseless sun beats down on the dying land, civilisation itself begins to crack. Violence erupts and insanity reigns as the remnants of mankind struggle for survival in a worldwide desert of despair.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780586089965 (0586089969)
Publish date: April 2nd 2002
Publisher: Flamingo
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
The Drought by J G Ballard was another book that I didn't enjoy. I don't undestant all the nice things everyone says about this book. It his not that good but I am not a literary critic so I might be wrong. I have the other two books in this (could be) trilogy of disasters. Maybe one day I will adve...
Well crafted for mood and atmosphere but not so much for characterisation and plot.
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