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Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War. In it he describes the devastation that results from an aerial bomb attack on Southampton that destroys the city''s infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults. The story follows the trials and tribulations of the Corbett family as they try to get to safety.

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What Happened to the Corbetts

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780099529972, 978-0099529972
      ISBN10: 0099529971

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War. In it he describes the devastation that results from an aerial bomb attack on Southampton that destroys the city''s infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults. The story follows the trials and tribulations of the Corbett family as they try to get to safety.

      Trade Review
      Mr Shute is a storyteller in the tradition of R.L. Stevenson and Kipling * Evening News *
      One of the best storytellers of our age -- J.B.Priestley
      That shattering, unaffected, literary style of his is wholly deceptive...is, in fact, masterly -- H.E. Bates

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