In the Wet
Nevil Shute
358 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1842322540
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2000
AdventureAustraliaBritish LiteratureClassicsFantasyFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiteratureScience Fiction
Originally published in 1953, IN THE WET is Nevil Shute’s speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to the bedside of a dying derelict. In his delirium Stevie tells a story of England in 1983 through the medium of a squadron air pilot in the service of Queen Elizabeth II.