Drunk and delirious in the flooded wilderness of the Queensland bush, an old man lies dying, but in his opium-hazed last hours a priest, himself ridden with malaria, find the man's deserted shack. Either the old man's wanderings or the priest's memory takes the form of a fantastic prophecy.
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Drunk and delirious in the flooded wilderness of the Queensland bush, an old man lies dying, but in his opium-hazed last hours a priest, himself ridden with malaria, find the man's deserted shack. Either the old man's wanderings or the priest's memory takes the form of a fantastic prophecy.
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Add this copy of In the Wet to cart. $5.39, good condition, Sold by SELL BOOKS LTD rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Mandarin.
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Add this copy of In the Wet to cart. $8.24, very good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1954 by The Book Club.
Add this copy of In the Wet to cart. $8.24, good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1957 by Heinemann.
Add this copy of In the Wet to cart. $10.05, very good condition, Sold by Roger Lucas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horncastle, Lincs, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1959 by Heinemann.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint in one of the Heinemann Uniform editions of Shute, pictorial jacket format by W Francis Phillips, 8vo, 355pp, VG Copy in pictorial DJ a little frayed and nicked about edges and extrems.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket. Reprint, 1959. Owner's name on front free end paper & half-title page; some foxing; spine a little worn at head & foot. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges, with sellotape stains on flaps.
Add this copy of In the Wet to cart. $10.98, good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1954 by The Book Club.
Without even considering when this was written, a most incredible piece of "alternate history", in Mr. Shute's unique style; understated, sensitive, naive in a very positive way. I'd recommend it highly to any of my friends---but wouldn't loan it to ANYone!
