num_pages: 232
description: John Hobson, a geneticist, wakes one morning to find his watch stopped at 6:12. The streets are deserted, there are no signs of life or death anywhere, and every clock he finds has at 6:12. The Quiet Earth is a gripping, utterly absorbing New Zealand cult classic.
language: English
title: The Quiet Earth
publisher: Hodder &amp; Stoughton Ltd