Requiem for a Wren View By Nevil Shute
| Title | : | Requiem for a Wren |
| Author | : | Nevil Shute |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 285 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1842322869 |
Requiem for a Wren U.S title The Breaking Wave is one of Nevil Shute s most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the years just after World War II.Sidelined by a wartime injury, fighter pilot Alan Duncan reluctantly returns to his parents remote sheep station in Australia to take the place of his brother Bill, who died a hero in the war But his home Requiem for a Wren U.S title The Breaking Wave is one of Nevil Shute s most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the years just after World War II.Sidelined by a wartime injury, fighter pilot Alan Duncan reluctantly returns to his parents remote sheep station in Australia to take the place of his brother Bill, who died a hero in the war But his homecoming is marred by the suicide of his parents parlormaid, of whom they were very fond Alan soon realizes that the dead young woman is not the person she pretended to be Upon discovering that she had served in the Royal Navy and participated along with his brother in the secret build up to the Normandy invasion, Alan sets out to piece together the tragic events and the lonely burden of guilt that unravelled one woman s life In the process of finding the answer to the mystery, he realizes how much he had in common with this woman he never knew and how a war can go on killing people long after it s all over
about Author
Nevil Shute Norway was a popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels He lived in Australia for the ten years before his death.
A Town Like Alice
On the Beach
Trustee from the Toolroom
Pied Piper
Title: Requiem for a WrenPosted by:
Published :2016-01-20T01:35+01:00
Requiem for a Wren U.S title The Breaking Wave is one of Nevil Shute s most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the
285 pagesNevil Shute
No comments:
Post a Comment