In the Wet
| Title | In the Wet |
| Year for Search | 1953 |
| Authors | [Norway], Nevil Shute(1899-1960) |
| Tertiary Authors | Shute, Nevil [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1953 |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Australian author, English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Anti-socialist eutopia. Future of the British Commonwealth. In a note the author says that he tried to imagine the Commonwealth in thirty years. Following an economic crash in the 1970s, in the 1980s Britain is poor, becoming depopulated, and socialist. Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are rich, growing, and capitalist. Socialism is described as appropriate to British conditions, but conservatives had left the country in large numbers and added to the growth of the Commonwealth countries. |
| Pseudonym | Nevil Shute [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | A, ATL, ICU, NN |
| Author Note | The author (1899-1960) was born in England and settled in Australia in 1950. |
| Full Text | 1953 [Norway], Nevil Shute (1899-1960). In the Wet. By Nevil Shute [pseud.]. London: William Heinemann. A, ATL, ICU, NN Anti-socialist eutopia. Future of the British Commonwealth. In a note the author says that he tried to imagine the Commonwealth in thirty years. Following an economic crash in the 1970s, in the 1980s Britain is poor, becoming depopulated, and socialist. Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are rich, growing, and capitalist. Socialism is described as appropriate to British conditions, but conservatives had left the country in large numbers and added to the growth of the Commonwealth countries. The author was born in England and settled in Australia in 1950. |
