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The Net (novel)

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The Net
First edition
AuthorJohn Pudney
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1952
Media typePrint

The Net is a 1952 thriller novel by the British writer John Pudney.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

At an isolated, secret research centre a group of scientists work on a prototype new aircraft, but feel the strains of their tight confinement.

Film adaptation[edit]

In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Anthony Asquith and starring James Donald, Phyllis Calvert and Herbert Lom.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hammond p.19
  2. ^ Goble p.377

Bibliography[edit]

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hammond, Andrew. Cold War Stories: British Dystopian Fiction, 1945-1990. Springer, 2017.
  • Ryall, Tom. Anthony Asquith. Oxford University Press, 2013.