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25%OFFNevil Shute - A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series) - 9780099530268 - 9780099530268
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A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series)

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Description for A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series) Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle - an experience that leads to the deaths of many. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor creases to the cover.

'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' Guardian

Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins.

When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle - an experience that leads to the deaths of many.

Due to her courageous spirit and ability to speak Malay, Jean takes on the role of leader of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099530268
SKU
9780099530268
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute 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 ... Read more

Reviews for A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series)
This direct, simply told story is about honest, dogged virtues, at least as redolent of its era as street parties or 'We'll Meet Again'
The Times
A Town like Alice is the most romantic book I've ever read...Jean's determination to survive is inspirational, and the love she finds later is beautiful
Catherine Tate
Mail on Sunday ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for A Town Like Alice: (Vintage Classics Shute Series)


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