A town like Alice
by Shute, Nevil
A novel told partly in flashbacks about a girl's search for the Australian she met in Malaya during World War II. "A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance. A Town Like Alice tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life.
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- Full title :A town like Alice / Nevil Shute.
Summary
A novel told partly in flashbacks about a girl's search for the Australian she met in Malaya during World War II. "A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance. A Town Like Alice tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life.
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- Publication Date:1963, ©1950.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ballantine
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1963, ©1950.
Notes
Originally published as "The legacy."
The Physical Object
- Description:279 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0345353749, 9780345353740
- oclc:ocm08094527
- LC Classification:PR6027.O54
- Dewey Decimal:823/.912
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