On the Beach
Series: Vintage International
Publisher: Vintage
Published: February 9, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780307473998
Subjects: Literature & Fiction -- Classics; Literature & Fiction -- Literary; Literature & Fiction -- World Literature -- British -- 20th Century; Mystery & Thrillers -- Thrillers -- Suspense; Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Science Fiction -- Short Stories
First sentence: LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PETER HOLMES of the Royal Australian Navy woke soon after dawn.
Description: Following a nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere, the inhabitants of a small Australian community wait for the inevitable aftereffects of the bombs to reach them.