Overview

'I was sitting bolt upright in bed breathing fast and staring at the wall. The daylight was streaming into the motel room through the slats of the blinds. I seemed to have been awake, and asleep, for ages...'John Hobson, a geneticist, wakes one morning to find his watch stopped at 6.12. The streets are deserted, there are no  signs of life or death anywhere, and every clock he finds has stopped: at 6.12. Is Hobson the last person left on the planet?  Inventive and suspenseful, The Quiet Earth is a confronting journey into the future—and a dark past. This new edition of Craig Harrison's highly sought-after 1981 novel—which was later made into a cult film starring Bruno Lawrence, Pete Smith and Alison Routledge—comes with an introduction by Bernard Beckett.  

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'Excellent...The inevitability of the horror has a Hitchcock quality.' * Listener * 'Cuts to the heart of our most basic fears...compelling...a classic.' -- Bernard Beckett

'Cuts to the heart of our most basic fears...compelling...a classic.' -- Bernard Beckett 'Excellent...The inevitability of the horror has a Hitchcock quality.' Listener

Author Information

Craig Harrison was born in Leeds in 1942. He left for New Zealand in 1966 after being appointed a lecturer at Massey University. There he devised a course in art history, which he taught until his retirement in 2000. His award-winning play Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day (1974) was performed for a quarter of a century, including in the Soviet Union. He is the author of five other plays, including Ground Level (1974), which led to a television series, Joe & Koro.  Craig's most recent book, the young-adult comedy The Dumpster Saga, was a finalist in the 2008 New Zealand Post Book Awards. He lives in Palmerston North. 

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