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Pastoral

Pastoral

by NevilShute (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $11.45

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    Paperback 1990

    $7.37
Synopsis

During the Second World War, Peter Marshall's crew become one of the most successful bombing teams in their Oxfordshire airbase. However, when Peter falls in love with a young WAAF officer, his concentration begins to suffer and it looks as though his perfect run of missions - and his life - may be threatened.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 03 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0099530139
ISBN 13: 9780099530138
Book Overview: A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach

Media Reviews
One of the happiest books which war has called into being * Sunday Times *
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).