Lonely Road (Vintage Classics) [Import] [Paperback]

Nevil Shute (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 19, 2009 | Series: Vintage Classics

A rich middle-aged man finds his lonely life turned upside down when he falls in love with a pretty dance hostess and becomes involved in exposing a conspiracy to sabotage the British General Election. His dogged pursuit of the criminals will throw his life into grave danger.

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The English novel's only down-to-earth romantic... there is a quality of golden light that hangs over his books. That comes, I think, from his sense of order and from his own vast, undemonstrative solicitude Guardian A first-class storyteller, and his narrative is extraordinarily convincing

About the Author

Nevil Shute Norway was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have 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 on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Vintage Classics (October 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099530066
• ISBN-13: 978-0099530060
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,137,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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).

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11 of 29 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.