Brother in the Land, Danny Swindells That needs explaining. It's a teenagers book I read about when I was 16. Of all the books I've ever read it is the one that sticks with me most strongly - it is about passion, anger, compassion and loss. I always think it captured humanity really well. EDIT: for the plot think "Day of the Triffids" style end of the world, but bleaker and more realistic. I suspect it was just my age and I have given the book more weight than it deserves - but it affected me strongly. The other book is probably 1984, Orwell
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