Literary help

[Astroboy]

Another great Nevil Shute novel/movie is "On The Beach" with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins.

[Yale]

Originally Posted by SCEtoAUX

A Town Like Alice is a very good movie. Going to get the ebook to read.

I concur wholeheartedly, but should have mentioned that the original title of the book was "The Inheritance."

[SCEtoAUX]

Haven't seen any references to the book being called The Inheritance. There is a reference that the U.S. title is The Legacy. Any way, still a good story.

The woman with the led role in the film, Virginia McKenna, was the female lead in Born Free, or at least she was the human female lead.

[Kblack]

Just discovered that "A Town Like Alice" is available to watch instantly on Netflix. Another night of Neville Shute!

[Yale]

Big coincidence this past Friday that an anthology of Nevil Shute stories appeared at the back of a bookcase, so I immediately read No Highway. Good story, indeed, and the fact the it only took a day and a half demonstrates Shute's ability as a writer. This is even more the case when you reflect that the stories are about ordinary people, yet they go by with the speed I usually associate with adventure thrillers.
Long ago I read A Town Like Alice, Pied Piper, and The Far Country, but that still leaves The Chequerboard to enjoy for the first time.