estimation quotes

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- Nevil originally Nevil Shute Norway Shute
English  writer.  An  aeronautical  engineer,  he  began  to  write novels in1926 and afterWorldWar II emigrated to Australia, the setting  for  most  of  his  later  books,  notably  A  Town  Like Alice (1949) and On the Beach (1957).