Beyond the Black Stump
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3.2 • 6 Ratings
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
If somewhere is 'beyond the black stump' it means it is in the deepest darkest wilds of the Australian outback. This is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute's novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people's home lives. Stanton Laird is sent from his small town in America to work in a remote outpost in Western Australia. While out there he befriends the unconventional Regan family and falls in love with the daughter Mollie. However, when Mollie travels to America to visit him the couple realise that their differences in background make their plans for a future together hard to realise.
Customer Reviews
Not one of Shute's best
This may be a personal thing but I find Shute's Australian books less engaging than his others, with the exception of A Town Like Alice. This one is not a bad book, and Shute's theme of tolerance runs heavily through it, but it didn't grab me the way No Highway, or Trustee from the Toolroom did.