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The day of the triffids

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The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.'When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see.

But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .

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Penguin Books Ltd
0241970571 / 9780241970577
Paperback / softback
823.912
14/08/2014
United Kingdom
English
Science fiction
232 pages
18 cm
Quiz No: 203739, Points 15.00, Book Level 6.90,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1951.