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David Baddiel - The Secret Purposes - 9780349117461 - KRA0010583
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The Secret Purposes

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Description for The Secret Purposes Paperback. Brilliantly accomplished and critically acclaimed novel of Nazi Germany and the plight of internees in wartime Britain by writer and comedian David Baddiel. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

THE SECRET PURPOSES, David Baddiel's third novel, takes us into a little-known and still somewhat submerged area of British history: the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. Isaac Fabian, on the run with his young family from Nazism in East Prussia, comes to Britain assuming he has found asylum, but instead finds himself drowning in the morass of ignorance, half-truth, prejudice, and suspicion that makes up government attitudes to German Jews in 1940. One woman, June Murray, a translator from the Ministry of Information, stands out - and when she comes ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Ex Libris
Yes
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349117461
SKU
KRA0010583
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About David Baddiel
David Baddiel co-created three of the most popular comedy programmes in BBC TV history and his stand-up comedy act is always a sell-out nationwide.

Reviews for The Secret Purposes
An intriguing novel about history and truth . . . The intelligence and inquiry of this book will surprise many
THE TIMES
Wonderful . . . brilliantly realised
INDEPENDENT
It is a sombre, clever book, but, being Baddiel, is irradiated by flashes of dark humour
Sally Vickers, SPECTATOR
David Baddiel's excellent new novel . ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Secret Purposes


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