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Beyond the Black Stump (Hardcover)

by Nevil Shute (Author)
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Nevil Shute Norway was born in London and worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. Worried that his reputation as a fiction writer would damage his engineering career, he wrote without using his surname. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. After the war he became a full time author completing a fictionalised account of his war time experience in 'Most Secret'. Moving to Australia in 1949 he based seven of his novels against that background including his most successful title On The Beach. This was subsequently a hugely successful film starring Gregory Peck, Antony Perkins and Ava Gardner and became arguably the major after the bomb movie of all time. Shute became one of the top selling authors of the 50s and 60s with wide appeal to a broad international market attracted by strong story lines which were always meticulously researched.. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nevil Shute's Australia, Mar 29 2004
By "gilmour67" (Lanark, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beyond the Black Stump (Paperback)
"Beyond the Black Stump" may be the weakest of the novels set in Australia, but it is still an enjoyable book to read. There are no mystical elements here ("In the Wet") nor has his ability to write dialogue for American English improved any. Having said that, the book has a quickly moving plot, some excellent character development and lots of Shute's dry, killingly funny sidelights. You don't want to miss the Chinese cemetary. And there is a fine twist to the dénoument.
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