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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.
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‘The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?’ Len Deighton
‘More intelligent and more strange than almost any other novel’ Brian Aldiss
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0393340457
- ISBN 13 9780393340457
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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