TY - BOOK AU - Shute,Nevil AU - Shute,Nevil TI - A town like Alice SN - 0307474003 (pbk.) PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Vintage International KW - Prisoners of war KW - Malaysia KW - Malaya KW - Fiction KW - Soldiers KW - Australia KW - World War, 1939-1945 N1 - First published serially in two installments in Woman's home companion, N.Y. (Apr. and May 1950). First published in book form as A town like Alice, London: William Heinemann; and as The Legacy, New York: Wm. Morrow, 1950. This "2009 ed." first published in slightly different form in Gr. Britain by Vintage Books. -- T.p. verso N2 - "A tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback." -- Cover, p.4 ER -