Nevil Shute - Great Author!

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1. What is the title of Nevil Shute's autobiography? Slide Rule Tracing Board Calculator Aircraft Design

2. What is the title of Shute's first published novel? Marazan Stephen Morris Pied Piper Landfall

3. Shute's second and third novels were published in 1928 and 1931 respectively. What were these titles? "Round The Bend" and "In The Wet" "Most Secret" and "No Highway" "Ruined City" and "Pastoral" "So Disdained" and "Lonely Road"

4. In 1936, Shute's publishers sold the film rights for this novel to Ealing Studios, and a film was made based on the book, starring Clive Brook and Victoria Hopper. Which title was this? An Old Captivity The Rainbow And The Rose Ruined City Lonely Road

5. The novel "Ruined City" sees the hero of the story, Henry Warren, take control of a derelict shipyard in a (fictional) run-down town and attempt to build it into a thriving business again. By way of shady overseas business deals, ruining his own reputation in banking, and even serving time in jail, he actually succeeds! What was it though that brought Warren to Sharples in the first place? He was on a walking holiday. He was looking for a quick financial profit. He was running away from his wife. He was evading debt collectors.

6. This novel, written in 1938, was published five months before the outbreak of World War Two. There was much activity at the time regarding predictions of another war, and so many possibilities of civilian casualties by way of bombing and gassing. This novel is a story of what certainly could have happened in a coastal town under attack. What is the title? What Happened To The Corbetts Requiem For A Wren Landfall No Highway

7. After leaving Airspeed Ltd in 1938, Nevil Shute and his wife went on a holiday in France, making a random choice of St Claude in the Jura mountains. This area inspired him to base the start of another book there, and this was published in 1942. What was this book titled? Pastoral Requiem For a Wren Trustee From the Toolroom Pied Piper

8. Shute travelled to Australia in 1948 to start research for a novel which was published in 1957. Which novel? On The Beach Beyond The Black Stump A Town Like Alice In the Wet

9. The novel "Most Secret" has a central plot around the Brittany coast. A action-packed book, the use of a flamethrower and accelerant fired from a converted fishing boat onto an enemy ship in harbour makes for a most exciting read. What is the correct spelling of the nearest coastal town where this particular written action happened? Brest Berest Dourenenez Douarnenez

10. Hooray, the last and possibly the easiest! This title became a movie starring Bryan Brown and later the title of a TV miniseries. Based on a true story, its central plot involves a group of British and Australian prisoners-of-war and some of the subsequent events. Round the Bend The Far Country A Town Like Alice Beyond The Black Stump