Word: monsarrat
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...Ruth Williams. In the resulting uproar, the British government peremptorily banished Seretse from Bechuanaland in an attempt to appease the outraged segregationists in neighboring South Africa. "A disreputable transaction," growled Winston Churchill at the time. But Seretse stayed banished for six years, the Bamangwato rumbled their discontent, and Nicholas Monsarrat based a novel on the story (The Tribe That Lost Its Head). Only by renouncing all claims to the chieftaincy did Seretse finally get permission to return home with his bride...
...Nylon Pirates, Monsarrat...
...Nylon Pirates, Monsarrat...
...Nylon Pirates, Monsarrat...
...Story of Esther Costello (Romulus; Columbia) examines the phony charity racket. Following the lead of Nicholas Monsarrat's novel, on which it is based, the picture not only condemns the conscious criminals but also takes a number of lusty sideswipes at their unconscious accomplices: public sentimentality and crassness, official indifference, and the self-righteous complaisance of religious groups...