In the Wet
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Summary
It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world...
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Shute is an honest exciting adventure writer who blends narrative gift with a fine power of description
John Betjeman
