Le diable l'emporte ("May the devil take him") is a 1948 novel by the French writer René Barjavel.

It revolves a future world war with devastating weapon technology, which forces the last surviving humans to live deep underground in a secret vault.

The book has a pessimistic message about technology and celebrates the down-to-earth man and traditional farmer.

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