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Landfall

By Nevil Shute
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Landfall is a gripping adventure of love and suspense set during wartime. Jerry Chambers, a young pilot, accidentally sinks a British submarine and is reassigned to a perilous mission testing an experimental bomb far from his beloved Mona. As Jerry faces grave dangers, Mona strives to prove his innocence before it is too late.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy classic wartime romance and adventure stories imbued with suspense and character-driven drama.

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Landfall

Jerry Chambers, a fresh-faced young pilot, mistakenly sinks a British submarine. He is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an experimental new bomb, a dangerous mission far away from the girl he loves. While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheart Mona sets about clearing her lover's name...but will she be too late?

A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.

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A first-class adventure story of love, mystery, and nail-biting suspense, for fans of classic wartime romance.

Landfall follows Jerry Chambers, a fresh-faced young pilot who mistakenly sinks a British submarine. As a result, he is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an experimental new bomb—a dangerous mission far away from the girl he loves.

While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheart Mona sets about clearing her lover's name...but will she be too late?

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The Times Literary Supplement praises the novel's authentic portrayal of RAF life and its mix of excitement, humour, and restrained emotion. The Evening Standard calls it an admirably good story full of drama and humour, while the New Statesman finds it genuinely moving. The Daily Mail describes it as direct, charming, and free from pretension, and kirkus reviews highlights its thrilling depiction of war on land and in the air.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099530053

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 182g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

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