- Paperback
- Publisher: Pan Books (1947)
- Language: French
- ASIN: B002AS0WXA
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4.6 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of Nevil Shute's best, Sep 19 1996
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chequer Board (Hardcover)
Nevil Shute is best known for "On the Beach," his novelabout nuclear war, and, more recently, "A Town Like Alice,"which was made into a TV miniseries. At least half a dozen of his other novels are equally wonderful. My paperback copy of "The Chequer Board" is worn out from reading, rereading, and lending, and it is time for me to replace it with a hardback. His account of relations between black American soldiers and the English during World War II is particularly touching, and is a bit of history that was unfamiliar to me.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Chequer Board, Nov 10 2002
By Tami Brandt - Published on Amazon.com
What would you do if you had but one more year to live? Battle-wounded Capt. John Turner decided to use his year seaching out three buddies what had been in the military hospital with him -- each in a terrible jam -- and perhaps give them a helping hand. You'll meet snobbish Phil Morgan, the pilot who hated foreigners, yet deserted his wife to live with a Burmese maiden; Duggie Brent, a young commando, who had to unlearn the horrible teachings that made him an unintentional killer; and Dave Lasurier, the shy Negro G. I. who got into bad trouble -- and found his way out with the help of an understanding woman. John Turner's search for these three takes him to the far corners of the earth and into one strange experience after another until, in the end, he has changed from a petty opportunist into a man with truly great understanding, a man without fear of death. Only the author of PIED PIPER and PASTORAL could have written this powerful and touching novel, a story the critics have recommended "heartily and without reservation!" Don't miss it.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thought Provoking & Beautifully Written, Jan 31 2000
By Stephen Faulkner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chequer Board (Hardcover)
Nevil Shute's Chequer Board is just what it's title indicates: a checkerboard of characters, places and lives. All are sought out by one man who knew them all only briefly and now, that he is close to death, he wants to "see how they are doing." The novel came out in the late 1940's and refers back to World War II and how four men who survived the crashing of a plane returning from North Africa get on with their lives. Mr. Shute's writing is crisp and lively, his characters come off as very real and each of them touches the reader in his own special way. If you can ever find it, definitely pick up this book and let Nevil Shute take you on a wonderful ride tha you won't soon forget.
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