Neville Shute

[mikey4444]

Shute has been one of my favourite authors for over 40 years. I think his books like "On the Beach" and "A Town like Alice" are almost perfect. He was able to tell a good story, very clearly and very well ( Hilary Mantell could learn a lot from Shute ! )

I come across one of his lesser-known books in a charity shop 2 weeks ago, and finished it last night....."Chequer Board" and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it. there are now only 2 of his books left that I have never read and hopefully I will find them soon.

[BlueScorpion]

I picked that one up from a car boot sale about a year ago, along with "The Rainbow & The Rose".

Pied Piper is still on my to-get list

[Hopkirk]

On The Beach was very different from his other novels, though very good and made into a film.

I enjoyed What Happened To The Corbetts?

Written in 1938, it was a pretty accurate prediction of WW2.

[mikey4444]

Corbetts is on its way to me Hoppy...found a copy on ebay.

[Hopkirk]

An awful lng time since i read it.

However I seem to remeber what he got right.

At the time the national obsession was that the coming war would feature gas attack - everyone had their own gas mask to be carried at all times, and regular practice at donning them.

He foresaw with this book that this would not materialise, but mass bonbing of cities would happen.

[maggiebee]

Love all the Neville Shute books and think I have most of them. My all time favourite is In The Wet closely followed by A Town Like Alice. Requiem for a Wren is also a good read. First one I ever read was Trustee from the Toolroom - more technical but still a cracking read. What ones are you still looking for mikey?

[Jackdaw33]

When Mikey learns to spell the author's name correctly he may have more luck.