Nevil Shute: A Biography

An overview of Shute's life and career, a discussion of reasons why his books should be read in the 21st Century, and 115 of Nevil Shute's quotation illustrating his subtle humor, his gentle yet masculine use of language, his unique sense of timing, and his genius for succinctly capturing a universal concept with deceptive simplicity. With a Foreword by Nevil Shute's daughter, Heather Mayfield.