Posted by David Bamford on May 22, 2003 at -1:32:16 from 203.10.110.132 user David.
In Reply to: BBC - The Big Read -- And Nevil Shute posted by Mike Field on May 20, 2003 at 04:23:03:
I agree completely, Mike; he's a very under-rated author. The biggest problem with using his books as a guide to Australian culture is that our culture is changing around us so fast that his books tell of an Australia of the 1950's, which I look back on fondly. I look around me now and shake my head. Perhaps I'm becoming a "dogmudgeon"!