''Marazan'' is the first published novel by the British author

Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name, in order to protect ...

. It was originally published in 1926 by

Cassell & Co Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company. In 1995, Cassell & Co acquired Pinter Publishers. In December 1998, Cassell & ...

, then republished in 1951 by

William Heinemann William Henry Heinemann (18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was an English publisher of Jewish descent and the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London. Early life On 18 May 1863, Heinemann was born in Surbiton, Surrey, England. Heine ...

. The events of the novel occur, in part, around the Isles of Scilly.

Plot summary

Philip Stenning is a commercial pilot, trained during the First World War. After his engine fails, he crashes and is rescued by an escaped convict, Denis Compton, who turns out to have been framed for embezzlement by his Italian half-brother, Baron Rodrigo Mattani, who is smuggling drugs into England. The story tells how Stenning plays a key role in breaking that drug ring. It involves episodes characteristic of Shute: flying, small boat sailing, and a love story. Stenning was a major character in Shute's first (unpublished) novel ''Stephen Morris''. Stenning also crops up as a comparatively minor character in Shute's next two novels ''

So Disdained ''So Disdained'' is the second published novel by British author, Nevil Shute (N.S. Norway). It was first published in 1928 by Cassell & Co., reissued in 1951 by William Heinemann, and issued in paperback by Pan Books in 1966. In the United ...

'' (1928) and '' Lonely Road'' (1932).

Author's later reflections

In his autobiography ''Slide Rule'', Shute recalls writing the book twice over and rewriting large portions a third time. He wrote as a relaxation from his regular work of designing air ships. His first two unpublished novels ( ''Stephen Morris'' and ''Pilotage'') were typed on an old Blick portable typewriter: he said ''it may not be quite a coincidence that my first published novel ''Marazan'' was the first that I wrote on a brand new typewriter bought out of my earnings as an engineer''.

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* 1926 British novels British thriller novels Novels by Nevil Shute Aviation novels Cassell (publisher) books 1926 debut novels {{1920s-thriller-novel-stub

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Author's later reflections

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