The Ship That Died of Shame, and Other Stories

By (author): "Nicholas Monsarrat"
Publish Date: 1959
The Ship That Died of Shame, and Other Stories
ISBN0836939581
ISBN139780836939583
AsinThe Ship That Died of Shame, and Other Stories
Original titleThe Ship That Died of Shame
This collection of 11 short stories ranges from South Africa to England to Canada. The title story takes us on board a small gunboat with a distinguished WW II record; the shame is that it is being used as a smuggler.Other stories include "Oh To Be In England," "The Reconciliation," "The List," "The Thousand Islands Snatch," "Up the Garden Path," "The Man Who Wanted a Mark IX," "I Was There," "The Dinner Party," "Licensed to Kill" and "Postscript."