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Trustee from the Toolroom Trustee from the Toolroom Trustee from the Toolroom is a novel written by Nevil Shute. Shute died in January 1960; "Trustee" was published posthumously later that year. The plot of the novel hinges on the actions of a modest technical journalist, Keith Stewart, whose life has been focused on the design and engineering of small and scale-model precision machinery. Stewart writes serial articles about how to build miniature machines in a magazine called the "Miniature Mechanic", which are extremely well regarded in the modelling community — as is he. Keith's sister had married a wealthy naval officer, recently retired from