{"product_id":"2026200016083-secondhand-stephen-morris","title":"Stephen Morris","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Light chipping on jacket edges - otherwise fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young engineer's passion for flight becomes the crucible in which love, ambition, and heartbreak are forged in Nevil Shute's Stephen Morris, a luminous early novel that announces the arrival of one of the twentieth century's most quietly compelling storytellers. Set against the nascent world of British aviation in the years following the First World War, the narrative chronicles the struggles of its titular protagonist as he navigates a world where professional dreams and romantic longing are perpetually at odds, and where the freedom of the open sky stands in sharp contrast to the constraints of ordinary life on the ground.\n\nShute, himself a trained aeronautical engineer, brings an authenticity and technical intimacy to his prose that few writers of popular fiction can match, grounding his romantic narrative in the gritty, grease-stained reality of early aviation with the precision of a man who lived it. Stephen Morris illuminates themes of perseverance, unrequited devotion, and the quiet heroism of those who dedicate themselves to an art or craft before the world is ready to reward them. Written early in Shute's career and published posthumously, it offers a rare and revealing window into the formative imagination of the man who would later give the world A Town Like Alice and On the Beach — and leaves the reader wondering what other stories he carried, unfinished, to the last.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342780571867,"sku":"2026200016083-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/61badda5-38d8-47b9-b88a-70e4518a78d8.png?v=1790049421","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016083-secondhand-stephen-morris","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}