Trustee from the Toolroom (Vintage Classics)

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The opening section of The Far Country sets out his principles, contrasting a married couple in Australia, who have made a fortune, with their old aunt in England, impoverished and starving through the policies of the post-war state. The drive of personal enterprise against the best intentions of government is a constant theme. It starts with a rich couple who convert their savings into diamonds, conceal the jewels in a yacht and sail off to the United States to sell them away from the curiosity of the government.

After their death in a tropical storm, the engineer brother of the woman goes after the diamonds and smuggles them back into the country in the innards of an engine.

Trustee from the Toolroom (Vintage Classics)

The last pages are a wonderful flourish of gleeful cheekiness. A devastating bombing raid on Southampton leads to food shortages and cholera, as well as psychological problems. Few novelists of the time had the capacity to think this one through. Henry Green in Party Going or George Orwell in Coming Up for Air allowed themselves to allude to the terrors to come, but could not or would not construct them in the detail that Shute commanded. The interest lies, in the oddest way, in the most uncompromising technical detail, the glamour of which Shute regarded with a respect bordering on awe.

Other novels, such as No Highway , about the unpromising but in the event thrilling subject of metal fatigue, are only interesting when they become technical. One of the charms of Trustee from the Toolroom is the way the engineer brother, a writer for Miniature Mechanic magazine, is greeted like a celebrity by the various sailors, aviators and American millionaires he comes across as he voyages to Tahiti. There were novelists on the other side of the ideological divide who tried to cover a sort of Shute-ish territory — C P Snow, for instance.

But Shute was a better technician and possessed a more authentic novelistic mastery. He is a sort of minor, but real, magician. Is it too much to ask that some enterprising publisher might now commission the full-dress autobiography that so adventurous a figure undoubtedly deserves? Engage with the Alibris Community Love shopping on Alibris?


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Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials. This book is in very good condition. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.

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Textbooks may not include supplemental items i. CDs, access codes etc Good in good dust jacket. Worn ex-lib, with library markings, tape and tape stains. Binding shaken, with cracks at hinges.

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Dj is unclipped but bottom 1 cm. Half cloth over boards. Text is legible but may be soiled and have binding defects. Heavy wear to covers and pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. Page 1 of Related Books Slide Rule: Customer Reviews Write a Review. Areadaholic Aug 27, Have one to sell?


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