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Ladataan... LUOTTAMUSTEHTÄVÄ (1960)Tekijä: Nevil Shute
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. An utter delight. And more endearing for containing great wodges of unapologetic engineering detail, ideal for the man of a certain age who like the protagonist imagine that their unassuming skill might bring them respect and fortune. A book that is exactly what it says on the tin. ( ) The Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute is an interesting story about Keith Stewart, a toolroom fitter who has given up his factory job in order to devote his time to his hobby of miniature machines and to writing about them in a magazine. He has become well known in the world of hobbyists who follow his work. Keith and his wife have been appointed guardians to their young niece whose parents have gone on a sailing trip to the South Pacific. When their lives are lost, Keith realizes his niece’s inheritance, in the form of loose diamonds, had been secured in the yacht and he decided to travel to Tahiti in order to retrieve the jewels. What follows in a lively, engrossing story about his incredible adventure. As Keith has very little money, he relies on the kindness of friends and admirers to help him travel the vast amount of miles that he needs to cover. The Trustee From the Toolroom moves quickly and the main character is a simple yet admirable man who is trying to do the right thing by his young relative. Shute himself was an engineer so there was a great deal of technical information that was perhaps a little overdone but certainly added to the authenticity of the book. This was a relaxing, feel good read that leaves you with a smile on your face. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML: Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific--while trying to smuggle out of England their entire fortune in diamonds hidden in the keel of their yacht--Keith becomes trustee for his orphaned niece. To save her from destitution he must travel halfway around the world and risk a long voyage in a small boat in inhospitable waters to recover her inheritance. In the course of his adventure-filled quest, a colorful and international cast of characters mobilize to help him, and this humble man discovers he has more friends and admirers than he could have dared to imagine. .Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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