Description: "An extraordinary real picture of human beings numbed by catastrophe but still driven by the unconquerable determination of living creatures to keep on being alive." -- The New Yorker "Ingenious. . . . Provocative." -- New York Times "An enthralling and vivid story of the follies and failures of people, their courage and cruelty, their treachery and triumphs. Mr. Frank is a magnificent writer." -- Chicago Sunday Tribune "A warm, continuously interesting story of what can happen to a group of ordinary people in a perilous situation." -- New York Herald Tribune "Frighteningly credible and exciting reading." -- Library Journal "Frank is successful enough in making us believe it could indeed happen here to send a small, fearful chill along our backbone." -- Saturday Review "A harrowing, human story." -- Florida Times-Union

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