SHUTE,NEVIL — The Chequer Board

New York, Avon. 1947. Pbk. Book, A young man with a chequered past, has been told he has just one year to live. He decides to use his time in search of three very different men he met briefly during the war: a snobbish British pilot, a young corporal accused of murder, and a GI accused of attempted rape. He learns about forgiveness, tolerance and second chances. Good.