Round the Bend (novel) Round the Bend (novel) Round the Bend is a 1951 novel by Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Constantine "Connie" Shaklin, an aircraft engineer who founds a new religion transcending existing religions based on the merit of good work. It deals with racism, including the White Australia policy, and also with the importance of private enterprise. It was one of the first novels Shute wrote after emigrating from Britain to Australia in 1950. The novel, written in the first person, adopts the voice and eyes of Tom Cutter, an aircraft pilot, engineer, and entrepreneur. The novel starts with Cutter's
Take a Girl Like You (film) Take a Girl Like You (film) Take a Girl Like You is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Jonathan Miller and starring Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed and Noel Harrison. Based on the 1960 novel "Take a Girl Like You" by Kingsley Amis, it was adapted by George Melly. A television adaptation was broadcast in 2000. Mills plays Jenny, a good girl who comes to a small British town to start a simple life. Soon she becomes the center of male attention around the town. Leading the pack is the honest but gruff Patrick, who shares one goal along with