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'I often wonder how many people bought On the Beach when it came out in 1957, assuming it was a novel about a group of gorgeous, sun-kissed surfers catching breaks all summer long. On the Beach is instead about a bunch of miserable Melburnians waiting to die slowly and horribly from radiation poisoning after the world has been annihilated in a nuclear holocaust started by the Albanians.' (Introduction)
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/21/the-australian-book-youve-finally-got-time-for-on-the-beach-by-nevil-shute
The Australian Book You've Finally Got Time for : On the Beach by Nevil Shute
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