Working-class Brits, bored and desperate to find a future after WWII are recruited to fly a war-surplus flying boat to remote Kerguelen Island in the South Indian Ocean. Unpredictable and rich with detail about wireless communication, flying boats and the mysterious Desolation Islands. Recommended.
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