![]() ![]() ![]() This is the first paperback edition available in ages. The book was a smash when released in 1951, going through numerous printings. Made into a film in 1953, starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden and Denholm Elliott. One of the classic naval adventure stories of World War II, Monsarrat's novel tells the tale of two British ships trying to escape destruction by wolf pack U-boats hunting in the North Atlantic. It was one of the first novels to depict life aboard the vital, but unglamorous, 'small ships' of World War II, ships for which the sea was as much a threat as the Germans. ![]() Based on his own wartime service, it followed the young naval officer Keith Lockhart through a series of postings in corvettes and frigates. Monsarrat's (1910-79), first post war novel, widely regarded as his finest work. Some edge wear, chipping, creasing and long closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, large creased tear to back jacket and 3" loss along spine hinge, corners rubbed with small loss, some spotting to prelims, page block and endpapers, not price clipped (12/6), no inscriptions, otherwise internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable and obviously well read copy for its age. First published in August 1951, this is an twelfth edition of 1953 (a tribute to the book's popularity). ![]()
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