Downturn Abbey
- ISBN-10
- 024196279X
- ISBN-13
- 9780241962794
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Description
The century is not yet a teenager, yet everything is shrouded in gloom ... People are tightening their belts, rationing and making do. Across Europe, there is uncertainty, with the possibility of, like, serious conflict hanging in the air.
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