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Lonely Road (Vintage Classics)

Lonely Road (Vintage Classics)

by Nevil Shute Norway (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $12.04
Synopsis

A rich middle-aged man finds his lonely life turned upside down when he falls in love with a pretty dance hostess and becomes involved in exposing a conspiracy to sabotage the British General Election. But his dogged pursuit of the criminals will throw his life and the lives of those he cares about into grave danger.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 03 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0099530066
ISBN 13: 9780099530060
Book Overview: An ordinary man finds himself in extraordinary circumstances when his patriotic dedication endangers the life of the woman he loves

Media Reviews
The English novel's only down-to-earth romantic... there is a quality of golden light that hangs over his books. That comes, I think, from his sense of order and from his own vast, undemonstrative solicitude -- John Ezard * Guardian *
A first-class storyteller, and his narrative is extraordinarily convincing -- J. B. Priestley
Author Bio
Nevil Shute Norway 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).