Ordeal : a novel / by Nevil Shute.

With hardcover

Originally published in England by William Heinemann as: What happened to the Corbetts?

"Concerns the effect of imagined aerial bombing on the British city of Southampton -- a major maritime centre -- in the early part of World War II. The novel addresses the issues of the aftermath of bombing, such as the spread of disease from lack of clean water, and what may be done to relieve the distress of those affected by it. On the initial day of publication, a thousand copies of the novel were distributed