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As John and his family try to make it across country to the safety of his brother’s farm in a hidden valley, their humanity is tested to its very limits. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Photo: jonathan229 (CC BY 2.0)Īt first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. “A post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher’s science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics.Ĭover design by John Griffiths for the 1963 edition of The Death of Grass by John Christopher. ~John Christopher, The Death of Grass Plot summary I came to the understanding that all men are friends by convenience and enemies by choice.”