num_pages: 192
description: 'The world, without rain, is drying up. Rivers are a trickle and we see the shrivelling of the species far from its sources and headed lemming-like for the sea. Time has burst its dams and seeps inside the race-structure with bizarre results A strange and rather wonderful book full of haunting landscapes, phantasmagoria and disaster that clangs on the mind. An impressive novel at any level. Its obscurities and surrealist flourishes only heighten the dreamlike atmosphere.' Guardian
language: English
title: The Drought
titlecomplete: The Drought
characters: Philip Jordan, Catherine Austen, Charles Ransom
genres: 20th Century, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Climate Change, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Apocalyptic, Fiction, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 2573
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers