salute to author Nevil Shute

When I was in high school I read a novel by Nevil Shute who was probably best know for his apocalyptic novel "On the Beach" which I didn't read until some years later. The novel I read in high school, and reread again some years ago, was an excellent story of love lost and found and tense adventure during and right after World War II. The title was "The Legacy" which I discovered years later was only the American title.  It was originally published in England as "A Town Like Alice". Most of the novel takes place in Australia, the Alice in the title being the city of Alice Springs. and I've wanted to go to Australia ever since. Now I'm going to get the chance.  The group I frequently travel with is taking a tour to Australia and New Zealand next February and I'm going. I'm really, really going to Australia even though I may not get anywhere near Alice Springs which I'm sure has changed a lot since the 1940's, Just as a side note, over the years since high school I have read every book Nevil Shute ever wrote. He was a prolific, and in my opinion excellent novelist, although, to be honest, I really didn't like "On the Beach" very much. Spoiler alert - everybody, and I mean everybody dies in the end.