A Town Like Alice

A Town like Alice is the most romantic book I've ever read...Jean's determination to survive is inspirational, and the love she finds later is beautiful

Catherine Tate, Mail on Sunday

A ripping tale of budding romance and grace under pressure

The Times

A heart-rending tale of torture, human fortitude and forbearance, inhumanity and hardship

Sunday Times

That supreme storyteller, Nevil Shute...I could hardly bear to put the book down. I read it voraciously for days

May Lovell, The Times

Remarkable books...I share a fierce personal regard for Nevil Shute

Richard Bach

A novel which, while aiming at popularity, respected its readership and was possessed of a decent level of craft

Philip Hensher, Spectator

This direct, simply told story is about honest, dogged virtues, at least as redolent of its era as street parties or 'We'll Meet Again'

The Times