num_pages: 240
description: An apocalyptic dystopia like no other one whose originality and power [of] vision can be felt ( Times Literary Supplement ). Weird and mesmerizingly grotesque The Drought tells the chilling story of the world on the brink of extinction where a global drought brought on by industrial waste has left mankind in a life-or-death search for water. Violence erupts and insanity reigns as the human race struggles for survival in a worldwide desert of despair.
language: English
title: The Drought
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company