End of the Dream

"The superb imagination of Philip Wylie, plus his burning desire to save mankind from its own wilful, unheeding poisoning of the air, land, sea and rivers, plus his very deep knowledge of the environment and its perils, make this novel of the near-destruction of a world seem like factual history rather than a look into the future...

"The incidents that take place as a world turns to waste and its population perishes are spectacular. The heroics of the scattered leaders and geniuses, scholars and helpers, struggling to restore bands of people turned wild, and to nurse humanity back to life, are gripping. Wylie's simple, straightforward writing strikes home, as it has in so many of his dozens of books."