The Doomsday Men
- Authors
- Priestley, J.B.
- Publisher
- Pan Books, London
- Date
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.36 MB
- Lang
- en
Described at the time of publication as "a thriller of the atomic age".
Priestley was said to have written this novel at great speed, churning out 80,000 words in three weeks.
On her biography of Priestley, Judith Cook writes:"The Doomsday Men does not pretend to any great depth or meaning: three men, a fanatic, a millionaire and a mad scientist, meet up in a fantasy castle in the middle of the Arizona desert to plot how best to blow up the world. It's a good romp, and it is surprising in view of the film options taken on other Priestley books, that it did not appeal to Hollywood."
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