Keith Stewart is a model engineering writer and a humble man with a big heart. When his sister and brother-in-law yacht to British Columbia, Keith looks after their young daughter, Janice. A hurricane drowns them and their illegally concealed valuable stash of diamonds. Keith has to set off alone to recover the diamonds so he can afford to be Janice's trustee. Engineers across the world who know him through his construction articles help him on his voyage.
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"Something about this author's calm, deliberate style creates unexpected excitement... we are warmed by the justice and sheer pleasure of it" (Independent )
"Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us" (The Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us" (The Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.
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This was Neville Shute's final novel, and perhaps derives much of its mood due to this. Best known for the depressing nuclear holocaust story On the Beach, Shute wrote this as a celebration of the simple pleasures in life. The protagonist Keith is an unassuming, married, but childless, middle-aged man living in suburban London (Ealing) with his working wife. He has forsaken a more lucrative engineering career in order to pursue his love of miniature modeling and a very meager income as a columnist for "Miniature Mechanic" magazine. When his sister and brother-in-law die in a shipwreck near Tahiti, he becomes the guardian and trustee for his 10-year-old niece. Next thing you know, Keith, who has never left the country, has to find a way to make his way to a remote Pacific island to recover a box of diamonds that was on the wreck. Shute writes convincingly of the things nautical and engineering Keith encounters on his adventure. Along the way he is aided by a somewhat improbable number of people who know him from his reputation in he world of miniature mechanics. It teeters on being trite and corny, but ultimately works as a celebration of karma. Keith has been a good, selfless man, and so other good, selfless men are willing to help him--and he ends up doing what he loves. At the end of his life, Shute returned to this basic message on how to live and love life, and it works.
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By D. Charles
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Nevil Shute to me is the amongst the the top five authors. Having read practically all the books he wrote. Finding this one amongst vintage classics was
a gem and did not disappoint. It was a wonderfully crafted story and a joy to read.
a gem and did not disappoint. It was a wonderfully crafted story and a joy to read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Timeless classic about an extrondinary journey taken by a very ordinary man. Not one of Nevil Shute's more well known novels, but underated in my opinion.
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Trustee from the toolroom
Nevil Shute's books are always at the top of my list. You are always in for a good yarn, this is one of his best. I loved it... reading it again after some 30 years. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Le Bazz
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A good read
A nice well rounded little tale. Neville Shute's style flows easily.
A nice well rounded little tale. Showing it is never too late to have an adventure.
A nice well rounded little tale. Showing it is never too late to have an adventure.
Published 1 month ago by Watermark
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My all-time favourite read.
Trustee from the Toolroom is a book I've read many times. Nevil Shute has a laid-back style so that, even when he is writing about the technicalities of engineering or sailing, you... Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. D. Stilwell
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Story of a Coconut
An excellent tale told with feeling and an understanding of all the types of people, places and situations involved. Everyone should read this book it is a real classic. Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. J. Mansfield
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Take it on trust
Shute is one of the finest storytellers in English popular fiction. He wasn't great on book titles but the quality of his writing seldom disappointed his vast readership in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Martyn Auty Ltd
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Trustee from the toolroom
One of the early Nevil Shute books, I enjoyed it and I know I will read it again. His books are full of information and never
boring. Really good book
boring. Really good book
Published 3 months ago by G. W. A. M Burroughs
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An old friend
Many many years ago I read most of Nevil Shute's books and enjoyed them I am talking about 30 years ago, I saw
that his books had now become a Vintage Classics, I thought I... Read more
that his books had now become a Vintage Classics, I thought I... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Barbara Lloyd
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Fiction but very interesting
We thought this was Trustee 'in' not Trustee 'from', and was a very different book from the one we were expecting. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M J Gearing
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An old favourite
While being a trifle expensive as a replacement for my paper library this is one of my all time favourite Neville Shute books telling the story of a humble little man who does... Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Old Boy
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Old but good
Bought for my Kindle - I read the original book many, many years ago and what's not to like about Neville Shutes novels.
Published 4 months ago by Terry Crane
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