Marazan
Thriller novel | |
Publisher | Cassell |
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Publication date | 1926 |
Publication place | England |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Marazan is the first published novel by the British author
Plot summary
Philip Stenning is a commercial pilot, trained during the First World War. After his engine fails, he crashes and is rescued by an escaped convict, Denis Compton, who turns out to have been framed for embezzlement by his Italian half-brother, Baron Rodrigo Mattani, who is smuggling drugs into England.[1]
The story tells how Stenning plays a key role in breaking that drug ring. It involves episodes characteristic of Shute: flying, small boat sailing, and a love story.
Stenning was a major character in Shute's first (unpublished at the time ) novel Stephen Morris. Stenning also crops up as a comparatively minor character in Shute's next two novels So Disdained (1928) and Lonely Road (1932).
Author's later reflections
In his autobiography Slide Rule, Shute recalls writing the book twice over and rewriting large portions a third time. He wrote as a relaxation from his regular work of designing air ships.[2]
His first two unpublished novels (
See also
References
- ^ Nevil Shute Foundation: Marazan, accessed 30 January 2011.
- ^ Shute, Nevil (1954), Slide rule : the autobiography of an engineer, Heinemann, pp. 42, 49, retrieved 30 October 2016
- ^ Shute, Nevil (1954), Slide rule : the autobiography of an engineer, Heinemann, p. 49, retrieved 30 October 2016
External links
- Marazan at Faded Page (Canada)