A Twist of Sand
by Geoffrey Jenkins
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Stein saw the white death in front of him and blenched. His face turned a sickly green and he pulled out the Luger. Get back! he screamed. Astern, astern! He groped madly for the telegraph, pitching John, who was at the wheel, on the plating of the bridge. I was afraid of Stein, but I was scared to death of the sand-bars of the Curva dos Dunas. You bloody fool! I shouted. As I spun the wheel back I hit Stein across the face with the back of my left hand and he went reeling to his knees The show more reader reaches the last page panting. Sunday Times show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- A Twist of Sand
- Original publication date
- 1959
- Important places
- Atlantic Ocean; South Africa; South Atlantic Ocean
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); Battle of the Atlantic (1939 | 1945)
- Related movies
- A Twist of Sand (1968 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- TWENTY-ONE and a half feet. I shivered
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I limped slowly out towards where Etosha lay with my seaboots coated in oil.
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- Popularity
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- (4.04)
- Languages
- English, Finnish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 7
