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The day of the triffids /​ John Wyndham

by John Wyndham

Following a meteor shower that blinds most of the population, a sighted survivor navigates the collapse of civilisation. He must evade triffids, a species of mobile, carnivorous plants that have begun to prey on the defenceless survivors.

Accession 8996 ISBN 0140009930 Publisher Penguin
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