Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.

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All Writing

On the Beach

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.6

223 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 1959

67 years ago
On the Beach

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

81 votes

Release Date

May 28, 2000

26 years ago
No Highway in the Sky

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.9

59 votes

Release Date

Jun 28, 1951

75 years ago
A Town Like Alice

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.3

32 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 1956

71 years ago
The Pied Piper

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.8

13 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 1942

84 years ago
Landfall

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

7.0

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 1949

77 years ago
Lonely Road

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

3 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1936

90 years ago
Crossing to Freedom

Department Writing

Job Book

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 1990

36 years ago

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