Nevil Shute Quotes


Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you're going to lose before you start. It's fun just playing them.


Citations

Shute, Nevil. On the Beach. William Morrow, 1957.

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Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute
  • Born: January 17, 1899
  • Died: January 12, 1960
  • Nationality: British, Australian
  • Profession: Novelist

Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.