![]() ![]() John Christopher (1922-2012) was the pen name of Samuel Youd, a prolific writer of science fiction. A chilling psychological thriller and one of the greatest post-apocalyptic novels ever written, The Death of Grass shows people struggling to hold on to their identities as the familiar world disintegrates - and the terrible price they must pay for surviving. ![]() As John and his family try to make it across country to the safety of his brother's farm in a hidden valley, their humanity is tested to its very limits. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. ![]() It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANEĪ post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher's science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics.Īt first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. of all science fiction's apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting' Financial Times A thought experiment in future-shock survivalism' Robert MacFarlane ![]()
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