Set in Australia following a brief but catastrophic war in the northern
hemisphere, Nevil Shute's classic bestseller is the unforgettable story of a handful of survivors awaiting their deaths in the terrifying aftermath of nuclear apocalypse.
First published in 1957-and adapted for the screen soon after by Stanley Kramer, in a film starring
Gregory Peck and Ava
Gardner-On the Beach ranks among the most influential novels of the past century. It is perhaps the greatest work of popular fiction about the end of the world.