REVIEW: ROUND THE BEND by Nevil Shute
More flying around the world in this book. This time, it’s around the Persian Gulf, Siam, India and Burma. It relates the buildup of a business started by a young Englishman in the Gulf region back in the early days of airfreight. The narration regarding aviation is realistic as always.
The main character, Tom Cutter, grows up in England with a young man of mixed origins and one who has unique spiritual qualities and insights. This develops as the story moves along, with Cutter through thoughtlessness, seeming to cause the death of his own unfaithful wife. His friend, through his homespun teaching, attracts a following across the Middle East and the Asian Pacific and is thought to be some kind of prophet.
The flying aspects narrated in the story are interesting and one has to wonder if some of it came from events Shute witnessed and from characters he knew. A map showing the air routes Tom Cutter’s freight operations took would be interesting to see.
Once again Shute’s interest in spirituality is evident and one wonders what he would have thought of the goings on today.
The main character, Tom Cutter, grows up in England with a young man of mixed origins and one who has unique spiritual qualities and insights. This develops as the story moves along, with Cutter through thoughtlessness, seeming to cause the death of his own unfaithful wife. His friend, through his homespun teaching, attracts a following across the Middle East and the Asian Pacific and is thought to be some kind of prophet.
The flying aspects narrated in the story are interesting and one has to wonder if some of it came from events Shute witnessed and from characters he knew. A map showing the air routes Tom Cutter’s freight operations took would be interesting to see.
Once again Shute’s interest in spirituality is evident and one wonders what he would have thought of the goings on today.
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