On the Beach by Nevil Shute
279 pages
Published 1957
Read from June 19 to June 24
Rating: ★★★ out of 5
Expertly mixing tragedy with tangents of utter boredom, this classic of nuclear fallout makes human extinction a banal, inexorable process of fly fishing, auto racing, brandy drinking, and garden improvements. The quotidian details make for an insidious apocalypse, but also tend to pad out an otherwise affecting novel.
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