Lonely Road [Import] [Hardcover]

Nevil Shute (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd; Uniform Ed edition (December 1951)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0434699039
• ISBN-13: 978-0434699032
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 in Ealing, London. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. In his spare time he began writing and he published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926, using the name Nevil Shute to protect his engineering career. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they had 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 in 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), A Town Like Alice (1950), and On the Beach (1957).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Kind of Story, September 29, 2007

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J. S. Taber (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Road (Paperback)

I like Nevil Shute's books because the stories do not follow a certain pattern. They are usually about interesting people and their lives. There is none of this modern day gory or sexy description. He makes his characters very human and mostly humane.