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A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr, paperback science fiction novel

“The atomic Flame Deluge was over.
The earth was dead.
All knowledge was gone.

In a hellish, barren desert, a humble monk unearths a fragile link to a twentieth century civilization. A hand-written document from the Blessed Saint Leibowitz reads:

Pound pastrami
can kraut
six bagels
– bring home for Emma.”