Ruined City [Paperback] Shute, Nevil

Author: Shute, Nevil

Brand: Vintage Classics

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 288

Release Date: 19-10-2009

Part Number: 9780099530169

Details: Product Description
Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.
Review
Immensely readable ―
Guardian

Not only a brilliant fluent storyteller but also an ironic commentator on the world scene ―
Harpers & Queen

There is little that Shute does not know about choosing an appealing story and telling it in a gripping way ―
The Times
About the Author
Nevil Shute 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).

EAN: 9780099530169

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English