[rollei_list] VERY OT; Nevi Shute
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:17:09 -0500
Nice to see that you also like Nevil
Shute. Aside from his timeless book (& great
movie!) "A Town Like Alice", I read one other
book by him about a deeply religious fellow who
after WWII starts an air freight company in the
Middle East (forgot the title). Great and off-the-beaten-path story telling!
ROUND THE BEND was the name of that boo. Try THE
FAR COUNTRY for a discussion of sef-discovery or
NO HIGHWAY or THE RAINBOW AND THE ROSE. The
TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM was possibly his best
writing -- the tale of a featureless man who has
made a minor name for his abilities in detailing
the building of scale model engines who finds
himself catapulted into travelling across the
world to protect the interests of the nicee he
barely knew. He was committing tax fraud all
along the way and kept his mouth shut and did his
duty as a trustee. I would suspect that the
niece he raised would never have been told of
this, as the Trustee was, well, a very private
person. These are books worth reading.
Thanks, Jan.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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