![]() ![]() It's incredibly prescient - in an age now where we obsess over global responsibility, the destruction of the environment and world-wide pandemics - The Death of Grasswas ahead of its time. of all fiction's apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting.' Financial Times Rachael Love, Penguin Classics Editorial Assistant, on The Death of Grass- ' The Death of Grassis more than just a sci-fi novel. With a new Introduction by Robert MacFarlane 'Gripping. 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. At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. ![]()
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