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The Midwich Cuckoos is a novel by John Wyndham. It was first printed in 1957 and is the basis of the film Village of the Damned
Plot
Richard and Janet Gayford return home to Midwich from London to find a village vastly different from the one they left behind. The village's women find themselves pregnant and nine months later give birth to strange children with glowing eyes and incredible intelligence.
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