Description
The atomic Flame Deluge was over.
The earth was dead.
All knowledge was gone.
In a hellish, barren desert, a humble monk unearth a fragile link to a twentieth century civilization. A hand-written document from the Blessed Saint Leibowitz reads:
Pound pastrami
can kraut
six bagels
- bring home for Emma.
About the Author
Walter Miller Jr served as a radio operator and gunner in the US Army Air Corps during the second world war. Subsequently he studied engineering before turning to writing. Also author of The View from the Stars and Canditionally Human.
Reviews
Angry, eloquent...a terrific story. * New York TIMES *
Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim. * CHICAGO Tribune *
Book Information
ISBN 9781857230147
Author Walter M. Miller, Jr
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 194g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 126mm * 25mm