The Breaking Waveby Nevil Shute | |
Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
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Pages: | 282 |
Year of Publication: | 1955 |
Date Read: | 11/17/1992 |
Notes: | Also published as Requiem for a Wave One of Shute's darkest books; Alan Duncan flew in the R.A.F., then returned to his ancestral home on an Australian sheep ranch, wounded and disilllusioned by his experiences. There he must confront of mystery: why Jessie Proctor, a housekeeper on the station, took her life days before his return. He finds her diaries, reads them, and gradually discovers her secret sadness. |
My Rating: | 6 |