About this title: When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so does Shaklin's fame, until he is widely regarded ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780330020183ISBN:0330020188
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Companion Book Club, London
Date Published: 3000
Description: Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Companion Book Club
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good. THE COVER SHOWS SIGNS OF WEAR THE PAGES ARE TANNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOOKS AGE Our aim is to create value for our customers through the provision of low cost, affordable products and an overall satisfying buying experience. read more
Description: Reader copy. 1951 HEINEMANN/BOOK SOCIETY. acceptable condition. NO D/J, BOARDS ARE HEAVILY MARKED, GOOD INTERNALLY. sent next working day day from the u/k. read more
Description: Good. Paperback. May contain some creasing/scuffing to cover and some tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of good quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hard Back/Hardcover
Publisher: Wiliam Heinemann Ltd, London UK
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good ++ No Dustjacket. 7 1/2" Tall. 362 pages. Very clean red binding, dulled gilt titles to spine. Light wear to spine-ends & boards' corners, light marks due to use. Ink writing to inside of front board. Maps to end-papers. Crack to inner hinge at half-title page showing cloth but holding well. Page-edges lightly yellowed. Text has one or two marks but otherwise clean & tidy. (A VERY GOOD PAN BOOKS PAPERBACK DATED 1968 AVAILABLE FOR £2.00) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951
Description: Good-/No Jacket. Reprint. Fiction. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. some fading to cloth cover. previous sellers price to ffep. internally clean and bright.362pp. read more
Edition: Pan First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pan, UK
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good + + Pan Fiction Paperback Book No 02018. This Book Is In Very Good Plus Plus Condition But Has Got A Very Lightly Reading Crease & A Few Tiny Chips To The Spine The Page Edges Are Tanned & The Pages Are Lightlky Tanned. We Accept PayPal. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HEINEMANN
Date Published: 1951
Description: Hardback, no D/J. GOOD READING COPY. Cover stained. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HEINEMANN
Date Published: 1951
Description: Hardback, no D/J. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. Cover stained, edges worn, internally good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780330020183ISBN:0330020188
Description: Published by Macmillan in 1968. Binding: Paperback. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8534893 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann, London
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780434699155ISBN:0434699152
Description: Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0434699152 Ex-Library Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HEINEMANN
Date Published: 1951
Description: Published by Heinemann in 1951. Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 362. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780330020183ISBN:0330020188
Description: Published by Macmillan in 1968. Paperback. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"loved this book - a good story but I see its major value in Connie's spiritual belief and the concept of a life of worship in all your activities.Have used the book in the past in dealing with young people trying to decide on how to live life and set their own standards"
"Actually first published in 1951 - one in a fairly long line of excellent adventure stories by Nevil Shute, whose work was wildly popular mid-twentieth century. Some were filmed - though not this one, I think. It's about an aviation mechanic who forms a charter business in the East, and how his head mechanic becomes a revered religious figure."
"I confess I don't know how Nevil Shute does it. This novel, written about 1951, purports to be the autobiography of an airline entrepreneur after WWII. He starts in England with a single small plane and gradually builds an airfreight empire centered in Bahrain. He has no interests other than his business, and he achieves success by pluck, unremitting hard work, sinking every penny back into the business, and hiring the best people as mechanics, engineers, and pilots, even if they aren't white Europeans. His narrative is plain, spare, un-ironic, and toneless. First this happened, then this. It sails very close to boring. His philosophy seems to be "Forget prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude; the real virtues are competence, practicality, honesty, and once somebody has demonstrated those, open-mindedness towards his possibly strange and foreign way of life." The real subject of the story emerges only very slowly and with increasing fascination--it is that his oldest friend and chief engineer seems to be some kind of religious nut who has gone "round the bend." He preaches a kind of mindful work ethic to his co-workers. "Good work and right thinking are as one." Do your job carefully and with respect. Done that way, it will be God's work. His presence and charisma are apparently irresistible. Slowly he begins to attract followers and his reputation grows. He attracts Muslims in the Mideast, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in the far East. The narrator (his friend and boss) is only slightly aware of all this, but he is happy to let it go on--he has a supremely expert workforce and marvelously well-maintained planes as a result. What's not to like? But gradually political and other tensions grow. Finally his friend is diagnosed with leukemia and dies the calm death of a holy man, worshiped by many thousands. Gradually the book has completely shifted from its apparent subject. The narrator can't quite believe in his friend's holiness, but even he in his skepticism has been moved. Near the end he admits with typical simplicity, "I don't think about things in quite the way I used to." And neither does the reader."
"This is a mesmerizing tale of East meets West. This is the second time I've read this book and I realized during this reading what a fantastic story-teller Mr. Shute was. I highly, highly recommend this book."
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