The Drought (The Burning World), J.G. Ballard
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. The Drought is the expanded version of the previously published Burning World (1964). Note that the exact original date of this book is not known by us. It was published in 1965.
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3.6 rating based on 1,751 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0393340457
ISBN-13: 9780393340457
Goodreads: 12362430
Author(s): Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Published: 3/5/2012
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.
3.6 rating based on 1,751 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0393340457
ISBN-13: 9780393340457
Goodreads: 12362430
Author(s): Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Published: 3/5/2012
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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