{"product_id":"alas-babylon-book-pat-frank-9780062421036","title":"Alas, Babylon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn extraordinary real picture of human beings numbed by catastrophe but still driven by the unconquerable determination of living creatures to keep on being alive. --\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlas, Babylon. Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But for one small Florida town, miraculously spared against all the odds, the struggle was only just beginning, as the isolated survivors--men and women of all ages and races--found the courage to come together and confront the harrowing darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, includes an introduction by award-winning science fiction writer and scientist David Brin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49578191978769,"sku":"GOR009494855","price":30.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724525871377,"sku":"CIN0062421034G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50414782775569,"sku":"CIN0062421034VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50973499031825,"sku":"GOR009506240","price":42.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062421034.jpg?v=1751289831","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/alas-babylon-book-pat-frank-9780062421036","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}