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'''Nevil Shute''' (pseudonym of ''Nevil Shute Norway'') (1899-1990) is best known as a popular novelist; he was also an aviation engineer and business executive, themes which figure in many of his books.  
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'''Nevil Shute''' (pseudonym of ''Nevil Shute Norway'') (1899-1990) is best known as a popular novelist; he was also an aviation engineer (who worked on the design of the airship R100 as deputy to [[Barnes Wallis]]) and business executive, themes which figure in many of his books.  
    
He wrote over twenty novels, notably ''A Town Like Alice''<ref>published in the U. S. as ''The Legacy''</ref>, ''The Trustee from the Toolroom,'' ''The Chequer Board,'' and ''On the Beach.''
 
He wrote over twenty novels, notably ''A Town Like Alice''<ref>published in the U. S. as ''The Legacy''</ref>, ''The Trustee from the Toolroom,'' ''The Chequer Board,'' and ''On the Beach.''
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