Book description
INCLUDES THE NOVEL PILOTAGE
Stephen Morris has just called off his engagement to the girl of his
dreams because he is a penniless graduate with no prospects. He finds
a job working as an aircraft mechanic, hoping to make his fortune.
In Pilotage, Stephen's navigator Peter Dennison is struggling
with the same problem. These two early novels draw on Nevil Shute's
own experiences as a young engineer.
Nevil Shute Norway 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).
