About this title: When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe's house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: N A L, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1959
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Great reading book, solid, Some spine creases and tears, a little dog-eared, pages tanning from age. read more
Edition: 4th printing. 1973 Pan Books edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pan Books, London
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780330235501ISBN:0330235508
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Tight. Square. Slight edge wear. 267p.; Mass-market PB. Wraparound illustrated cover: 3 people, small plane in background. Fiction: A veteran pilot and the women he loved, of a desperate attempted rescue by air, and of past mysteries. Originally published, London: Heinemann, 1958. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine, Canada
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780345026774ISBN:0345026772
Description: Very Good. Square solid copy with reading creases along spine on both covers and covers show light wear. Small pen mark on first inside page. read more
Edition: 4th printing since 1966 1st Ballantine.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780345322517ISBN:0345322517
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Near fine. No creasing. No edge wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Photograph illustrated cover. Audience: General/trade. Fiction: A veteran pilot without much outward success crash lands on the coast of Tasmania, and lays dying. His former student and now an airline captain volunteers for the rescue mission. Over 3 days, an astonishing secret about the downed pilot is revealed. read more
"Another great Shute adventure story - a famous WW I pilot is dying. In the attempts to save him, we learn the heartwarming story of his adventurous life, with a little supernatural flavor thrown in."
"I can remember reading this book for the first time when I was 15. What most amazed me about Nevil Shute's writing is that I could get so absorbed, so lost in it, that finishing a long section was like waking from a dream. In this book he layers in flashbacks and dreams in such a compelling way it can be hard to remember that you are not part of the story. I have re-read this book once or twice and have to say that nothing is lost by already knowing the outcome. For so many books the payoff is the end resolution or realization, but with Shute the journey of the characters and the way he develops them is the reward."
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