TY - BOOK AU - Shute,Nevil TI - The chequer board PY - 1947/// CY - New York PB - W. Morrow & Co. KW - English fiction KW - 20th century N1 - With hardcover N2 - After sustaining a head injury in an air crash, John Turner is told he has only a year to live. He decides to spend that time making the journey to Rangoon, Burma, in a flying boat to rescue a friend who has gone native ER -