About Pat Frank: Pat Frank is the 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon. His other books include Mr. Adam, Hold Back the Night, and Forbidden Area.
It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books. Without ever knowing it, they were receiving an education.
I don’t want money. What the hell’s money good for? You can’t drive it and you can’t eat it and it won’t even fix a flat.
It was during this terrible night that the three wounded died, and the jeeps froze solid.
