“After two wars I have been in danger too often to bother very much about being killed,” Novelist Nevil Shute once wrote, “and when it comes, I would prefer that it should happen in an aeroplane, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Nevil Schute wrote ON THE BEACH 12 years after the United States had ...

Nevil Shute originally published his novel On the Beach in 1957. Vintage International republished his book this past February. On the Beach depicts an emotional and psychological story about the ...

Author Nevil Shute's career spanned 30 years and included 25 books. Born in Ealing, Middlesex, Shute was educated at schools in Oxford, Shrewsbury, and Woolwich. He went on to live in Hatherley Road, ...

Bridgewater Library will host "Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute" on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m. Popular presenter Bill Levy will offer patrons the opportunity to learn more about ...

Going behind a blue plaque in Portsmouth commemorating engineer-turned-author Nevil Shute Norway. Show more Behind the blue plaque on the front of 14 Helena Road in Southsea is a story of engineering ...

My first meeting with Alice Springs/Mparntwe was through a school-assigned novel in 8th grade, in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice, about an English woman's survival of ...

A 1950s futuristic novel sheds interesting light on the politics and ideas of the time. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By ...