60s-ish novel where the Moon crashes into Earth?

[Edward M. Grant]

Here's a weird one. As a teenager I read a book that someone at school recommended to me as the worst SF novel they'd ever seen. The basic plot was that the Moon crashed into Earth and the protagonist was a chicken farmer trying to survive the aftermath.

Seriously.

I'm not sure I'd like to read it again, but I would like to know it exists and I'm not hallucinating. I had a feeling it might be a Lionel Fanthorpe, but I can't find anything similar which is blamed on him.

I remember it was fairly old at the time so I'd guess it was from the 60s, but it could have been 70s.

[Jim diGriz]

"The Hopkins Manuscript" by R. C. Sheriff. It was actually first published way back in 1939. I'm not sure that it's fair to call it a bad sci-fi novel as it's not really sci-fi at all, it's a social examination of the British people.

[Edward M. Grant]

Thank you, that looks like the one! I thought I'd never manage to track it down. From the reviews online it would appear to be better than I remembered :).