WARNING! Severe Off-Topic Ramble Ahead!
--- Rick Grant <rickgrant@telus.net> wrote:
> Which reminds me, there was a very fine British writer,
> Nevil Shute,
> The book was "Round the Bend". It and "Trustee from the
> Toolroom" are what
> I consider the finest insights into the mechanically
> inclined mind I've
> ever come across.
I am lucky enough to have first editions of both of those
wonderful books...got the better part of 4 feet of shelf
space in my library dedicated to Nevil Shute.
The saddest part is - mention him to even the relatively
literate and the novel that pops to mind is "On The Beach"
- a stunning work but MOST depressing. When it comes to his
work I infinitely prefer the above-mentioned, as well as
"The Far Country", "The Chequer Board", "Beyond The Black
Stump", "A Town Like Alice" and the rest of the 1940-on
books he wrote.
For those who aren't into model engineering, "Trustee" is
loosely modeled on the character of Edgar Westbury, a model
engineer of a very high standard who did much of his work
in the pre-and-postwar timeframe. Lovely stuff - tiny
magnetos, 2-cycle engines and the like, all designed and
built to an intimidatingly high standard. Not my favorite
author of this stuff - I personally prefer the writings of
LBSC - Curly Lawrence - but Curly was enough of a character
in and unto himself...8*)
If you've never picked up a novel by Nevil Shute, do
yourself a favor and hit the bookstore for "A Town Like
Alice" - it's one of his better ones and last I checked is
still in print.
Ahhhh...methinks I'm going to settle down in my easy chair
with a whisky and my battered, tattered copy of "Requiem
For A Wren"...8*)
ajr
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