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When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe''s house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man - and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.

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That supreme storyteller, Nevil Shute * The Times *
Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer -- Gerald Seymour * Express *
Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us -- Sue Townshed * The Times *

The Rainbow and the Rose

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    A Paperback / softback by Nevil Shute

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 3 September 2009
      ISBN-13 9780099530145
      978-0099530145
      ISBN-10 0099530147
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe''s house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man - and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.

      Trade Review
      That supreme storyteller, Nevil Shute * The Times *
      Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer -- Gerald Seymour * Express *
      Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us -- Sue Townshed * The Times *

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