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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
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A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
6 of 6 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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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Trustee from the tool room
"Trustee from the tool room". I am very impressed with the kindle I have and the book Trustee from the Tool room as with the other books I have downloaded arrived within minutes of... Read more
Published 26 days ago by K. W. Deacon
Trusted read
I read this book many years ago and this second reading was well worth it, it didn't disappoint. Highly recommended.
Published 1 month ago by Digital Dummy
My favourite Shute
The only downside of this terrific novel is that you need a fairly specialised vocabulary to understand some of the engineering references. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tom Holt
Read, read and reread
This is a book I have bought twice and have read three times and will probably read again. This author amazes me. His books are truly a treasure. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Carolyn C. Rakes
The Trustee in the Tool Room
I had read this book several years ago and thought it was great, and therefore I bought it for my mother. It arrived in good time and in good condition,
Published 8 months ago by Kate
Interesting Read
An easy to ready book that will definitely appeal to Engineers and sea lovers, rather dated but nice to read something that does not have to rely on sex or violence as a selling... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ms. Sarah Chapman
Shute's last novel - a feelgood story
My wife has, over the years, amassed all of Shute's novels. I never felt much need to do more than dip my toe into the collection, but Trustee is one that I did pick up. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Crookedmouth
Good Book
I lent this book (which is one of my favourites) to a friend and never got it back so needed a fresh copy so that I could re-read it. This was delivered quickly.
Published 10 months ago by JG
Wish-fulfilment at its cosiest
Nevil Shute's characteristically neat, tight prose takes an unusually long time to get the plot moving this time. Read more
Published 16 months ago by bowsider
A Must Read
I won,t outline the story, others have already done so, and well.
This is one of my personal favourites that I have read and reread so many times. Read more
This is one of my personal favourites that I have read and reread so many times. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. B. Graham
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