The Hopkins Manuscript by Sherriff, R. C.

The Hopkins Manuscript (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781668003947)

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The Hopkins Manuscript by Sherriff, R. C.

The Hopkins Manuscript

$18.00
The Hopkins Manuscript by Sherriff, R. C.

The Hopkins Manuscript

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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A stunning speculative novel about a small English village preparing of the end of the world.

Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride is winning poultry-breeding contests. When not meticulously caring for his Bantam, Edgar is an active member of the British Lunar Society. Thanks to that affiliation, Edgar becomes one of the first people to learn that the moon is on a collision course with the earth.

Members of the society are sworn to secrecy, but eventually the moon begins to loom so large in the sky that the truth can no longer be denied. During these final days, Edgar writes what he calls "The Hopkins Manuscript"--a testimony juxtaposing the ordinary and extraordinary as the villagers dig trenches and play cricket before the end of days.

First published in 1939, as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, R.C. Sherriff's classic science fiction novel is a timely and powerful missive from the past that captures human nature in all its complexity.

Author: R. C. Sherriff
ISBN-10: 1668003945
ISBN-13: 9781668003947
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2023
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.35w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/31/2022
Booklist 12/01/2022 pg. 115
By R. C. Sherriff
By R. C. Sherriff
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R.C. Sherriff was born in 1896. He worked in an insurance office until he joined the East Surrey regiment early in World War I. In 1917, he was severely wounded at Ypres. Journey's End, based on his letters home from the trenches, was an enormous success and became a classic. In the 1930s, Sherriff went to Hollywood to write the script for The Invisible Man, and subsequently worked on the script for Mrs. Miniver, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and many other successful films. He wrote several novels, including The Fortnight in September, Greengates, and The Hopkins Manuscript before his death in 1975.

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