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Synopsis
Theodore Honey is a scientist with an interest in the paranormal and a job testing metal fatigue in aircraft. When a new transatlantic plane, the Reindeer, is found to have crashed in Labrador, Theodore believes he knows why. The scientist is sent to the scene of the crash. En route to Canada Theodore learns he is flying in a Reindeer and is in danger.
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About the Author
Nevil Shute Norway was born in London and worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. Worried that his reputation as a fiction writer would damage his engineering career, he wrote without using his surname. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. After the war he became a full time author completing a fictionalised account of his war time experience in 'Most Secret'. Moving to Australia in 1949 he based seven of his novels against that background including his most successful title On The Beach. This was subsequently a hugely successful film starring Gregory Peck, Antony Perkins and Ava Gardner and became arguably the major after the bomb movie of all time. Shute became one of the top selling authors of the 50s and 60s with wide appeal to a broad international market attracted by strong story lines which were always meticulously researched..
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· "No Highway is a novel which engages the heart and grips the mind." --Evening Standard
· "Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer." --Express
· "Mr. Shute is a storyteller in the tradition of R. L. Stevenson and Kipling." --Evening News
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- PublisherMandarin
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0749304138
- ISBN 13 9780749304133
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages350
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