Amazon.com description: Product Description: The most evocative novel on the aftermath of a nuclear war The Times Fictions such as On the Beach played an important role in raising awareness about the threat of nuclear war. We stared into the abyss and then stepped back from the brink Guardian Still incredibly moving after nearly half a century Economist Timely and ironic..an indelibly sad ending that leaves you tearful and disturbed Los Angeles Times On the Beach didn't offer a literal second chance at life. But, as a nuclear cloud drifted over to people in Australia, it did show how knowledge of the end can dislodge the truest of feelings from their hiding places and give them a second chance Boston Globe Haunting Washington Post Remarkable books...I share a fierce personal regard for Nevil Shute Shute's most considerable achievement --Daily Telegraph