Posted by Alan Hakim on August 24, 2013 at 05:42:17 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: How about the Mastadon, is he one of Ransome's working-class characters posted by Andy Clayton. on August 24, 2013 at 05:09:40:
I strongly recommend No Highway too. It's about metal fatigue (yes, really).
And you can't overlook A Town Like Alice.
BTW, Shute lived about half a mile from where I am typing this. And there is a Norway Road in Hilsea, the area of Portsmouth where he worked (5 miles from here), named in his honour.