Nevil Shute
Description
Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to the bedside of a
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dying derelict. In his delirium Stevie tells a story of England in 1983 through the medium of a squadron air pilot in the service of Queen Elizabeth II. It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world...
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Genres
Literary Fiction
Tags
Fiction
Reading Moods
Adventurous & Action-Packed
Contributors
No contributors specified
Publishing Info
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Month-Year
Nov, 2017
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9781979645928
ISBN-10: 1979645922
Language
English
No. of Pages
530
Format
Paperback
Awards & Recognition
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