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Nigel Marlin Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls from the Air, The Small Back Room and Mine Own Executioner.
Trained originally as an industrial psychologist, in which capacity he helped Rowntree’s to successfully launch Black Magic chocolates in 1933, Nigel Balchin first received critical acclaim as a novelist during the Second World War when he wrote Darkness Falls From the Air.
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May 13, 2024 · Nigel Balchin was an English novelist who achieved great popularity with novels of men at work. After studying natural science at the University of Cambridge, Balchin divided his time between research work in science and industry (as an industrial psychologist) and writing.
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Learn about the life and works of Nigel Balchin, the novelist of men at work and the writer of The Small Back Room and The Man Who Never Was. Find out how to buy his books, his biography and his film scripts online or in bookshops.
Learn about the life and works of Nigel Balchin, a British novelist and playwright who wrote His Own Executioner and The Small Back Room. The web page offers a link to buy the revised and updated edition of his biography, published in 2020.
Sammy Rice is a weapons scientist, one of the 'back room boys' of the Second World War. A crippling disability has left him cynical and disillusioned - he struggles with a drink problem at home, and politics and petty pride at work. Worse still, he fears he is not good enough for the woman he loves.
Darkness Falls from the Air is a 1942 novel by the British writer Nigel Balchin. It was inspired by Balchin's time working at the Ministry of Food and was both a critical and commercial success.
