Nevil Shute's On the Beach
For some reason I was in the mood to reread this. It was written in the late 50s and is set in the early 60s, and deals with a nuclear war having wiped out the northern hemisphere, and the people in the southern hemisphere are just trying to live their lives, knowing radiation and doom are heading their way. The main characters are an American submarine captain, an Australian naval officer assigned to his ship (and his wife), and a young woman of their acquaintance. Obviously very sad but also lovely somehow?
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