SHUTE, Neville - The Rainbow and the Rose - (1st Edition Hardcover)

1958 - Book still in good condition.   Algernon from Goodreads said  >>>   This book confirmed, as if I needed one more reason, the high position of Nevil Shute in my list of favorite authors.   

This is the story of a life spent flying, from the flimsy bi-planes of WWI to the transoceanic routes of the 50's, the story of a man who takes quiet pride in his skill and carries on his shoulders the heavy burden of some doomed love affairs without turning bitter. He is a solitary man, yet the friends he makes along the way will put everythinh away and come to help him in his hour of need. We find out about John Pascoe indirectly through the flashbacks / dreams of one of his former pupils.
The rainbow might be Hope and the rose the Love that makes a life worth living.

The writing is understated, concise and convincing - highly emotional without falling into melodrama. 

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