In fact I vividly remember being bored to the point of falling a sleep in the cinema watching the film of The Hunt for The Red October as a child. The first thing I want to mention is that I’m not generally drawn to stories that are set on boats or submarines ( Savidge Reads and I both have a bizarre horror of this subject matter). When a faint morse code signal is picked up transmitting from the United States, The submarine embarks on a trip to discover if there could be signs of life. The submarine captain, named Commander Dwight Towers, makes friends with a young naval officer and his wife and is introduced to their neighbour Moira who he becomes close to in spite of memories of the wife and child he left in America. An American submarine captain is among the few survivors sheltering in a Australia who are in their own different ways, coming to terms with the knowledge that the radioactive cloud will reach them in a matter of months. Written in 1957, On The Beach takes place in the aftermath of a war which has resulted in most of the world being wiped out by radioactive fallout. After discovering Nevil Shute last year, I was keen to read another of his novels and from reviews I had read on Amazon thought it would make a good book for discussion. On The Beach was my choice for this months Riverside Readers book group. Vintage Classics, 2009 edition, 320 pages - Book group choice.
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