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Ideal for readers who enjoy thoughtful crime and thriller novels with strong social themes and character development.
Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity.
A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.
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"I believe that that's the one thing most worth doing in this modern world," he said quietly. "To create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of" Ruined City
Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.
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Immensely readable – Guardian
A brilliant fluent storyteller and ironic commentator on the world scene – Harpers & Queen
There is little that Shute does not know about choosing an appealing story and telling it in a gripping way – The Times
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780099530169
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 September 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 206g
Pages: 288
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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