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"A multigenerational story about two families living in the shadow of nuclear apocalypse. The year is 1959. Two young soldiers, Drummond and Carter, one working-class, the other privileged, form an intense and unlikely friendship at "Doomtown", a training center that simulates the aftermath of an atomic strike. Years later, the men watch the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in horror. Carter, now a high-ranking British government official, offers Drummond a way to save himself and his family in the event of a nuclear strike. Their pact, kept secret, will have devastating consequences…
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4 editions- Hardcover · English9781529030976
- Other · English · 2021Pan Macmillan · 9781529031003
- Other · English · 2020Norton & Company Limited, W. W. · 448 pages · 9781324006251
- Other · English · 2020Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 448 pages · 9781324006268
English literatureFiction, family life, generalFiction, friendshipFamiliesFictionSoldiersMale friendshipNuclear warfare





