Marazan [Import] [Hardcover]

NEVIL SHUTE (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: William Heinemann; Uniform Ed edition (1951)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0434699012
• ISBN-13: 978-0434699018
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,551,262 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).

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early Nevil Shute, September 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Marazan (Hardcover)

MARAZAN was one of the very early Nevil Shute stories, from his days as a full-time engineer. It still has the Shute character and prose style, but not the polish of his later books.

MARAZAN is written as an adventure story, set in pre-WWII England.

This is not really a book I would recommend to a random reader, but a fan of Nevil Shute would enjoy it as I did.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure story with likable characters, October 14, 2008

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PJ (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marazan (Paperback)

Nevil Shute was an excellent writer, with truly "decent" people for characters. This story has a bit more action than some of his later ones, and a little less character development. But a good read - adventure and suspense without filthy language and gore.