The Strode Venturer By Hammond Innes

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POOR AUDIO QUALITY The Strode Venturer is a thriller by British author Hammond Innes published in 1965. When Cdr Geoffrey Bailey leaves the Navy and joins the Strode Shipping Company his first job is to trace the family's youngest son. But who is the mysterious Peter Strode and what is he doing on an island in the Indian Ocean? Adapted for radio by: Peter Hoar Producer: Dickon Reed Capt. Deacon: Colin Douglas Peter Strode: Martin Jarvis Bailey: John Shrapnel Ida: Heather Bell Fields: David Brierley Straker/ Cunning: Vernon Joyner Henry Strode/Radio operator: Alan Rowe Reece: Peter Pacey Whinbrill/ Alexander: Geoffrey Matthews Turner: Timothy Bateson Don Mansoor/Seaman: Sam Dastor Lennie/RAF officer: John Bull Stewardess/ Waitress: Emily Richard Saturday-Night Theatre: The Strode Venturer Sat 17th Aug 1974, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Geoffrey Bailey is a man in search of a new job -- and a new life. Then Strode & Company, City shipowners, make him a curious offer: Find Peter Strode, the family black sheep, and make sure he returns to the fold. Bailey's acceptance of this assignment plunges him into a world where the smiling face of the Maldive Islands masks unseen terrors. But the lethal dangers of the coral reefs and the remote islands pale in comparison with the civilized jungle of high financial warfare. The Strode Venturer is notable for strong characterization and the exploration of such themes as family honour, the bounds of loyalty and man's relationship to nature, themes which would continue in Innes' later works. Like many of Innes' novels, the hero faces all sorts of obstacles, which he has to overcome, including a family tragedy. The psychological characterization of the hero gives the book an added interest.

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