A Town Like AliceBy: Nevil Shute Series: Vintage International From the hugely acclaimed author of On the Beacha tale of love and war that follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. Entertaining Dramatic Shute is a natural and effective story teller. The New York Times Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven month death march