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Goldsboro Books

The Chequer Board

The Chequer Board

by Nevil Shute

Publisher Heinemann

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  • Signed by the Author
  • UK First Edition
  • First Printing
  • Hardcover

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    A near-fine first edition, in the original red cloth. Slight bump to one corner. Signed by the author to the first flyleaf. In a very good unclipped dust jacket, with some chipping to the edges and corners and some loss of colour to the folds.

About the book

John Turner, a young man with a chequered past, has been told he has just one year to live. He decides to use his time in search of three very different men he met briefly during the war: an snobbish British pilot, a young corporal accused of murder, and a black G.I. accused of attempted rape. Along the way, Turner learns about forgiveness, tolerance and second chances, and overcomes his fear of death.

About the Author

Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway was a popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer.

He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels.

He lived in Australia for the ten years before his death.

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