![]() Before going off, however, they call on Stewart's engineering skills to bury a sealed box, allegedly containing some of the wife's jewels, into the keel of their boat. They leave their daughter in the care of the Stewart and his spouse. But they thought to make the trip in their sail boat. His brother-in-law and his spouse decide to move to Vancouver. He writes articles about his creations for a hobby magazine, Miniature Mechanics. ![]() He's quite the accomplished designer and machinist. ![]() He builds little engines, electricity generators, clocks, and such like. The story revolves around a rather ordinary man, Keith Stewart, who has a hobby of making small models of things in his basement machine shop. This is ok, but as I just said, not his best, IMHO. ![]() Still, I think that, if you're trying Shute out for the first time, you'll find better books than this to begin sampling his work. Then it got more Shute-like, and I did rather like the last half or so. This one is the ninth, and the one I've liked the least. According to GoodReads, I've read eight books by Nevil Shute. ![]()
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