The Day Of The Triffids Av John Wyndham

<p><b>The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham''s <i>The Day of the Triffids</i>, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.</b><br><br><i>''When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.''<br><br></i>When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth''s population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .</p>