The Drought
โ Scribed by Ballard, J. G.
- Publisher
- Liveright Pub
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 087140401X
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
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