195 Pages, Borrowed from Local Library
The Death of Grass is a very English disaster story which follows John Custance and his friends/family as they make there way across England as the grass dies, starvation really kicks in and civilization crumbles.
Unlike anything I've read before, I was lulled into thinking things wouldn't be too bad if the grass died but this book really brings home how devastating it would be.
You really feel for the characters as they find themselves acting in ways they never thought possible, just to survive.The book was renamed "No Blade of Grass" for the U.S. market and was also made into a film in 1970 which is available to watch on YouTube (unless you live in Ireland or one of the other countries Warner Bros. won't let you see their films for free.)
I was going to say I enjoyed this book immensely but "enjoyed" seems wrong considering the misery and death and everything but I can't think of a better word and searching on Thesaurus.com didn't help :)
I give The Death of Grass 5 "Blades" out of 5!
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