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A Wrinkle In The Skin by John Christopher

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Book name: A Wrinkle In The Skin (2024)
Category: Apocalyptic
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Pages: 300 pages
Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1965, midnight
In this gripping post-apocalyptic novel, a series of devastating global earthquakes have reshaped the Earth's surface, leaving survivors to navigate a world of chaos and destruction. The story follows Matthew Cotter, a horticulturist living on the island of Guernsey, as he embarks on a perilous journey across the altered landscape to find his missing daughter. Along the way, he encounters various challenges and forms unexpected alliances, all while grappling with the profound changes to both the environment and human society. The narrative explores themes of resilience, adaptation, and the enduring human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. The 3770th greatest book of all time

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John Christopher

John Christopher

7 books

Samuel Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire in April 1922, during an unseasonable snowstorm.

As a boy, he was devoted to the newly emergent genre of science-fiction: ‘In the early thirties,’ he later wrote, ‘we knew just enough about the solar system for its possibilities to be a magnet to the imagination.’

Over the following decades, his imagination flowed from science-fiction into general novels, cricket novels, medical novels, gothic romances, detective thrillers, light comedies … In all he pub… Read more