← Back to catalog

In the wet

Nevil Shute · 1953 · Novel

Setting: 1953 / 1983

Synopsis

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.

Ideas Explored

Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Science fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)English Science fiction

isfdb_id: 1447

openlibrary_id: OL2779807W

Find This Book