num_pages: 358
description: Originally published in 1953, IN THE WET is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to the bedside of a dying derelict. In his delirium Stevie tells a story of England in 1983 through the medium of a squadron air pilot in the service of Queen Elizabeth II.
language: English
title: In the Wet
titlecomplete: In the Wet
genres: Adventure, British Literature, Australia, Classics, Historical, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1224
publisher: House of Stratus Ltd