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Description for After the Raid
Hardcover. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Excellent copy
The Second World War. London. Gregory Swift returns to his home to find it destroyed by an air raid. His wife is dead. Travelling by train to Manchester to stay with his sister, he encounters a woman and boy. A series of surreal events unravel as Swift's mind becomes more and more fevered and reality harder to define. As the vertiginous atmosphere develops, the pieces of Swift's memory forge to produce an even more horrific reality - he had a son, is he alive or dead? Who was the lost boy he met on the train? What happened to Swift ... Read more
The Second World War. London. Gregory Swift returns to his home to find it destroyed by an air raid. His wife is dead. Travelling by train to Manchester to stay with his sister, he encounters a woman and boy. A series of surreal events unravel as Swift's mind becomes more and more fevered and reality harder to define. As the vertiginous atmosphere develops, the pieces of Swift's memory forge to produce an even more horrific reality - he had a son, is he alive or dead? Who was the lost boy he met on the train? What happened to Swift ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224041140
SKU
KTJ0050264
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Chris Paling
Chris Paling was born in Derby. He is a producer on BBC Radio 4 and has written for 'Morning Story' and 'Thirty-minute Theatre'. He lives in Brighton.
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