![]() ![]() There are good moments in the book, glimpses of joy. ![]() His purpose, he asserts, lay in the hope that young people, having read his story, “will prove wiser and more responsible…and that the bombs will not fall”. One of the most striking things about this book is the afterword, where the author explains his reasons for publishing such a harsh story: “I decided that there ought to be at least one novel for young people which would present a realistic vision of life in a post-nuclear world… I did not enjoy writing Brother in the Land… the act… brought home to me the full horror of what some people will contemplate doing to others”. Danny makes this plain as he begins his narration: “There were those whose fate it was to wander this landscape of poisonous desolation. It is a brutal story, its characters without hope. Food is scarce, water is contaminated, and people are hungry for power and revenge. The nuclear missiles have fallen: many friends and loved ones are dead, and everything has changed. This is the story of Danny Lodge and his 7-year-old brother, Ben, who live in the English village of Skipley. ![]()
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