The Quiet Earth
$17.35
- Paperback
276 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2013
Summary
‘I was sitting bolt upright in bed breathing fast and staring at the wall. The daylight was streaming into the motel room through the slats of the blinds. I seemed to have been awake, and asleep, for ages…’
John Hobson, a geneticist, wakes one morning to find his watch stopped at 6.12. The streets are deserted, there are no signs of life or death anywhere, and every clock he finds has stopped: at 6.12. Is Hobson the last person left on the planet?
Inventive and suspenseful,
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922147059 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922147052 |
| Author: | Craig Harrison |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 276 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 142mm x 339mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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‘Excellent…The inevitability of the horror has a Hitchcock quality.’
‘Cuts to the heart of our most basic fears…compelling…a classic.’ – Bernard Beckett
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About The Author
Craig Harrison
Craig Harrison was born in Leeds in 1942. He left for New Zealand in 1966 after being appointed a lecturer at Massey University. There he devised a course in art history, which he taught until his retirement in 2000.
His award-winning play Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day (1974) was performed for a quarter of a century, including in the Soviet Union. He is the author of five other plays, including Ground Level (1974), which led to a television series, Joe & Koro.
Craig’s most recent book, the young-adult comedy The Dumpster Saga, was a finalist in the 2008 New Zealand Post Book Awards. He lives in Palmerston North.
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