Shadow on the hearth by Judith Merril

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it's not a super literary novel but it's not a super populist one either so it falls between those two this serious but entertaining very gripping and a really great look at the reality of what a nuclear strike would be like at that time and if you can pick it up do i really urge you to do so

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