num_pages: 256
description: A Wrinkle in the Skin (aka The Ragged Edge) is a 1965 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by the British author Samuel Youd under the pen name of John Christopher.A massive series of earthquakes on a worldwide scale reduce cities to rubble, plunging survivors into barbarism. Most of western Europe is dramatically uplifted, transforming the English Channel into a muddy desert, while elsewhere lands are plunged below sea level and flooded.The protagonist is Matthew Cotter, a Guernsey horticulturalist who finds himself one of only a handful of survivors on the former island. Cotter decides to trek across the empty seabed to England, in the faint hope his daughter has somehow survived.
language: English
title: A Wrinkle in the Skin
titlecomplete: A Wrinkle in the Skin
characters: Matthew Cotter
genres: Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Survival, Dystopia, Novels, Post Apocalyptic, Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 741
publisher: Wildside Pr