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The Chequer Board
The Chequer Board
Author: Nevil Shute
THE PARATROOPER had learned to kill. In perfect silence he could kill with his hands or feet alone. THE NEGRO SOLDIER had heard tales of lynchings. He became the elemental fear-crazed black man hunted by whites. THE FLIER was one of many men in the southeast asia command whose wives had betrayed them THEY WERE ALL GOING TO BE COURTMARTIALED
ISBN: 74384
Pages: 255
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Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The Chequer Board on + 112 more book reviews
Mr. Shute is a master story teller. I've read all his books.
cheryln52 avatar reviewed The Chequer Board on + 11 more book reviews
Nevil Shute is a great story-teller, and engages one's interest from the beginning.
hardtack avatar reviewed The Chequer Board on + 2798 more book reviews
It seems many of the fiction novels I read often create tension at some level. Sometimes the tension is so high I have to put the book down and read something else before coming back to it. And so many novelists feel they need to have that level of tension for their books to be popular.

Which is why Nevil Shute's books stand out. It seems to me that no matter what the story line is in his books, no matter how much difficultly the main characters are facing, the tone of his books are so relaxing they just draw you in and you keep turning the pages. And when you are finished one of his books, you sit there with the feeling you've just said goodbye to a close friend.


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