Known only to Keith and the pair, is they smuggled all their wealth out in a box cemented into the boats hull. Unfortunately they are killed in a shipwreck. They decide to sail across through the Panama Canal and round the Pacific, leaving their ten year old daughter with Keith and his wife. His sister has married into minor gentry and her husband and her aim to move to Canada. Evvery week is the same, a routine that suits them. He and his wife lead a frugal and happy life. He's extremely good at what he does, building up a worldwide following. Not rich he writes articles for a popular model magazine. It doesn't race along but meanders gloriously through the Pacific. Trustee From the Toolroom is a gentle story about one man's quest to rescue his niece's birthright. Well, all except ' On The Beach', a book so dark and bereft of joy as you'll come across. Cozy stories to curl up beside the fireside and read. He weaves stories with well-drawn characters. His books are told against the backdrop of the forties and fifties. Nevil Shute is an author of the old school.
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