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Originally Posted by latepaul
And it turned out to be On the Beach by Nevil Shute mostly because my hold for it at the library came through.
I enjoyed it mostly. It was a bit odd. The characters felt stuffy and formal - which is probably the period in which it was written. There's a general response to the events immediately prior to the book, which whilst fascinating to explore, isn't plausible as the near universal reaction that it is in the book.
Now I really must buckle down and read The Radium Girls
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My take on Nevil Shute is that his stories make better films than books. He has some great plots, but for me his writing is very pedestrian.