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Day
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Funny and moving, wise and sad, this “imaginative tour de force” (The San Diego Union-Tribune) charts the intensity and courage found in a former World War II POW as he looks back on the closeness of death, from one of Britain's most iconoclastic and highly acclaimed young writers.
Alfie Day, RAF airman and former World War II POW, never expected to survive the war. Now, five years later and more alone than ever, Alfie finds himself drawn to unearth those strange, passionate days by working as an extra on a POW film. What he will discover on the set about himself, his loves and the world around him will make the war itself look simple.
Alfie Day, RAF airman and former World War II POW, never expected to survive the war. Now, five years later and more alone than ever, Alfie finds himself drawn to unearth those strange, passionate days by working as an extra on a POW film. What he will discover on the set about himself, his loves and the world around him will make the war itself look simple.
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“the only good thing about this book was that (in comparison to the other books I've had to read for uni this semester) it was a pretty quick read... Or at least would have been a quick read if it hadn't been so boring that all it did was help me fall asleep very quickly in the evening.”
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“Had to read this for uni. I never would've picked it up on my own because a story about a WWII pilot just doesn't lie in my zone of interest. Even though I did appreciate the writing style here and there, I didn't care about the story or the protagonist. Also, for a story that is ultimately about love and how having someone you care about and who cares about you is what can pull you through terrible events, I didn't feel the romance at all. What did they even like about each other? They hardly knew each other and the time we spent with them never made me understand their feelings or relationship any better.”
About A. L. Kennedy
A. L. KENNEDY has published four previous novels, one book of non-fiction, and one collection of short stories, Indelible Acts. She has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a number of prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book fo the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at St. Andrews.
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