{"product_id":"alas-babylon-9780060741877","title":"Alas, Babylon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An 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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, with an introduction by award-winning science fiction writer and scientist David Brin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alas, 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\u003eBut 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank, Pat:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePat Frank (1908-1964) is the author of the classic postapocalyptic novel \u003cem\u003eAlas, Babylon\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the Cold War thriller \u003cem\u003eForbidden Area\u003c\/em\u003e. Before becoming an author, Frank worked as a journalist and also as a propagandist for the government. He is one of the first and most influential science fiction writers to deal with the consequences of atomic warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603676926226,"sku":"9780060741877","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c6504a9-2a8f-491f-b1a7-6d9318ca9145.jpg?v=1732249835","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alas-babylon-9780060741877","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}