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<i>The Lonely Skier</i>

The Lonely Skier

1947 novel by Hammond Innes

The Lonely Skier is a 1947 thriller novel by British writer Hammond Innes. It is set in the Dolomites where a number of people are hunting a stash of buried Nazi treasure. The hero Neil Blair, recently demobbed from the army and unemployed, is hired to go to an isolated ski resort and pretend he is writing a screenplay.

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In 1948 it was adapted into a film Snowbound directed by David MacDonald for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Dennis Price, Robert Newton and Herbert Lom.[1]

Jack Adrian relates how Innes completed an arduous skiing course in the Italian Dolomites before he was demobbed. It was, said Innes, "Stiffer than any army course I was ever on, including battle training." His experiences were used as the background for the novel.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Goble p.238
  2. [2]
    Obituary: Hammond Innes - Arts & Entertainment - The Independent

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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