Tells of diving for pearl in Torres Strait and the Solomon Islands - and a fight to the death with a Japanese diver. Hardcover, dustjacket, 258 pages, some mono prints.  First published 1949. reprinted 1951. Now well out of print. We occasionally have a copy.  This is the true story of a young man who looked for adventure. The author tried bis luck as a diver, first in Torres Straits and later in the Solomons, and his experiences make a story as absorbing as any fiction. He tells of the rough and ready life of the pearling fleet, of its pictur- esque crews and their ways, and of the strange beauty and perils of the undersea world. The men he worked with, brown and white, come vividly to life, at their skilled and dangerous work or ; at play, making merry on board or ashore on Thursday Island-even as far afield as Sydney, where the con- fidence men soon smell out the pearls in their pockets. The author has an unerring eye for character and an ear for dialogue. Such a figure as Billy the Groper, whose rich originality has almost a Dickensian flavour, would alone make the book worth while. These old-time divers play their part in many thrilling incidents, wgether in the clear sunlit waters of Torres Straits or the uncanny tree-shadowed passages of the Solomons, in which sharks, head- hupters, and cannibals are involved. Most memorable of all is the author`s underwater fight to the death with a Japanese diver. Diver`s Luck is a book for all who are interested in the development of our pearling a. industry, and most particularly for everyone who loves adventure, the smell of salt water, and the breath of more spacious days.