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On the Beach is a 1957 post-apocalyptic novel written by British-Australian author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation Read More..

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Description	On the Beach is a 1957 post-apocalyptic novel written by British-Australian author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the Northern Hemisphere following a nuclear war a year previously. As the radiation approaches, each person deals with impending death differently.Shute's initial story appeared as a four-part series, The Last Days on Earth, in the London weekly periodical Sunday Graphic in April 1957. For the novel, Shute expanded on the storyline.The entry "NORWAY, NEVIL SHUTE", on p. 456 of the "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1957" by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Retrieved from Google Books, 8 May 2012. The story has been adapted twice as a film (in 1959 and 2000) and once as a BBC radio broadcast in 2008.
Description	On the Beach is a 1957 post-apocalyptic novel written by British-Australian author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the Northern Hemisphere following a nuclear war a year previously. As the radiation approaches, each person deals with impending death differently.Shute's initial story appeared as a four-part series, The Last Days on Earth, in the London weekly periodical Sunday Graphic in April 1957. For the novel, Shute expanded on the storyline.The entry "NORWAY, NEVIL SHUTE", on p. 456 of the "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1957" by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Retrieved from Google Books, 8 May 2012. The story has been adapted twice as a film (in 1959 and 2000) and once as a BBC radio broadcast in 2008.

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Name	On the Beach
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Authors	Nevil Shute
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Genre	Post-apocalyptic novel
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Language	English
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Country	Australia
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