The blind light : a novel / Stuart Evers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evers, Stuart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Nuclear warfare--Psychological aspects.

Soldiers.

Great Britain.

Soldiers--Great Britain--Fiction.

Male friendship--Fiction.

Male friendship.

Nuclear warfare--Psychological aspects--Fiction.

Nuclear warfare.

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

536 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.

Summary:

"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 for the very lives they seek to protect. Spanning decades, from the 1950s to the present, this ambitious, original novel offers a nuanced and absorbing portrait of friendship and rivalry that explores class divisions and the psychological legacy of the nuclear age"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781324006251

1324006250

OCLC:

1137813713