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Lonely Road | Nevil Shute

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Henrik_Madsen

Lonely Road | Nevil Shute

so-so

I have read a number of Shute books and most of them are pretty average. Here Captain Stevenson gets involved in a weapon smuggling affair with political implications and with a young dancer from the working class. As such it is an interesting take on English society after WWI but as a thriller and as literature I wasn‘t impressed.

BarbaraBB Have you read

On the Beach

Henrik_Madsen @BarbaraBB Yes, I have read On the Beach which I loved even though it gave my nightmares about nuclear war. I think that is why I bought a bunch of his other novels at a yard sale many years ago. I read somewhere that his writing and approach to war changed a lot after emigrating to Australia, because this doesn‘t really remind of On the Beach 5y

BarbaraBB I read some others too but nothing made such an impression as On the Bea! 5y

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Lizpixie

Lonely Road | Nevil Shute

#BookMail Pt2 is another Neville Shute. This 1951 edition of Lonely Road has cover damage & some foxing but is still lovely. I‘ve never read a Shute novel so maybe this will be the push I needed. I‘m bummed there wasn‘t a copy of On The Beach though.

CarolynM I read a lot of Neville Shute back in the 80's. By and large they're good yarns. I was somewhat outraged by this one, though. It's politics is questionable imo. I'd steer clear of On the Beach, particularly in the current world climate, unless you actually WANT to be depressed.ðŸ™‚ 7y

CarolynM Sorry, got confused with your other post. It was In the Wet that outraged me not this one. I should be more carefulðŸ˜³ 7y

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