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In the Wet

Nevil Shute

Original title: In the wet

first published 1953 House of Stratus, 2000 paperback 358 pages

Charnwood large type

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.

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In the Wet edition · 2022 · Independently Published · 9798405020235
In the Wet edition · 2022 · Independently Published · 9798848355567
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In the Wet edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 9798684980329
In the Wet edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 9798684972485
In the Wet edition · 2019 · Independently Published · 9781793222398

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