The Old Men at the Zoo is a novel written by Angus Wilson, first published in 1961 by Secker and Warburg and by Penguin books in 1964. It was adapted, with many changes – nuclear bombing of London, not present in the novel, is added – into a 1983 BBC Television serial by the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin.[1] The book deals with events before a nuclear attack on London during a (presumably) limited nuclear war, which results in the imposition of a later post-apocalyptic pan-European dystopian dictatorship, until rescue arrives for the prisoners at the zoo, transformed into a concentration camp.
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Author | Angus Wilson |
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Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Published | 1961 by Secker and Warburg |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 352 pp |
OCLC | 4482168 |
823.91 | |
LC Class | PZ3.W68895 |
References
edit- ^ Ian Greaves (October 2013). "The Old Men at the Zoo (1983)". British Television Drama. Retrieved 30 April 2017.