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7 1 y separately published work icon Kindling Nevil Shute , London : Cassell , 1938 Z522655 1938 single work novel
18 1 y separately published work icon Pied Piper Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1942 Z522553 1942 single work novel
— Appears in: Krysolov. Na Berugu 1991;

'John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).
13 1 y separately published work icon The Chequer Board Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1947 Z130539 1947 single work novel
25 15 y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1950 Z564787 1950 single work novel

'Nevil Shute’s most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.

'Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. But it turns out that they have a gift for her as well: the news that the young Australian soldier, Joe Harmon, who had risked his life to help the women, had miraculously survived. Jean’s search for Joe leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.' (Publication summary)
10 y separately published work icon Pastoral Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1944 Z1416061 1944 single work novel
14 2 y separately published work icon The Rainbow and the Rose Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1958 Z43628 1958 single work novel

'When seasoned pilot Johnny Pascoe tries to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback, his plane crashes and leaves him stranded and dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, attempts to fly a doctor in to help, but rough weather makes his mission more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe’s house for a chance to try again the next day, Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man—and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.).
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