Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0553278835
- ISBN 13
- 9780553278835
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About This Item
Random House Publishing Group, 1984. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
Alas, Babylon is a 1959 novel by American writer Pat Frank (the pen name of Harry Hart Frank). It was one of the first post-apocalyptic novels of the nuclear age and remains popular fifty years after it was first published. The novel deals with the effects of a nuclear war on the small town of Fort Repose, Florida, which is based upon the actual city of Mount Dora.
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On Jun 11 2015, a reader said:
5 stars one of the greatest character driven novels ever written
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- Title
- Alas, Babylon
- Author
- Pat Frank
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 7
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553278835
- ISBN 13
- 9780553278835
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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