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This Is the Way the World Ends

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

This Is the Way the World Ends

Contributors:

By (Author) James Morrow

ISBN:

9780575081185

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Gateway

Publication Date:

13th August 2013

UK Publication Date:

13th June 2013

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

813.6

Prizes:

Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1987 (UK)

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 200mm, Height 133mm, Spine 25mm

Weight:

282g

Description

When tombstone engraver George Paxman is offered a bargain, he doesn't hesitate. His beloved daughter gets an otherwise unaffordable survival suit to protect her from radioactive fall-out and all George has to do is sign a document admitting that, as a passive citizen who did nothing to stop it, he has a degree of guilt for any nuclear war that breaks out. George signs on the dotted line. And then the unthinkable happens.

The world and everyone in it (survival suit or not) is destroyed in a nuclear Armageddon - except for George and five others who must now face prosecution from the great mass of humanity who will now never be born. And George Paxman stands accused in the name of all the people who stood by and never raised a finger to stop the horror of nuclear war. . .

Author Bio

James Morrow is a full-time fiction writer and a former independent filmmaker. His previous works include the critically acclaimed novels The Last Witchfinder, This is the Way the World Ends, Only Begotten Daughter, City of Truth, Towing Jehovah and Blameless in Abaddon. Visit his website at www.jamesmorrow.net.

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