The Far Country
Jan 2010 · Random House
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A young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.
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Vikram Shikhare
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April 14, 2018
Very good story and characterisation in true Nevil Shute style but perhaps
not as good as his other novels such as No Highway and An Old Captivity.
The end is a bit abrupt, with loose threads !
Jyothi V
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May 13, 2018
Nevil Shute is a magical wizard.He weaves in heart touching romance in all
his books with a touch of a magical wand. He does it so subtly at times ,it
touches your heart like the lingering fragrance of a flower and ,at times
takes your breath away. Such magic is just not to be experienced in writers
of now .
cameron and meryka wallis
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August 21, 2024
Loved it! A wonderful read
About the author
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 War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).
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