“There is great strength and great tenderness in Nevil Shute’s tale. It concerns real people in a real world and it is steeped in a sense of their poetry and their romance.” —Evening News
“An honest, exciting adventure writer who blends narrative gift with a fine power of description.” —Daily Telegraph
“A novelist of intelligent and engaging quality, deservedly popular…. Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling.” —The Times (London)
