Two wonderfully evocative short novels from the author of There Was
A Time - surely the last novel about the Second World War to have
been written by someone who served in it. Innocence is paired here
with a complementary story, A Morse Code Set, first published in
1964 and available recently only as an eBook. In A Morse Code Set,
set in Manchester in 1939, a boy finds his world turned upside down
by the outbreak of war. When his own father is called up by the
Army and Freddy accepts an offer from the father of one of his
friends to repair his beloved morse code set, the youngster sets in
motion a potentially tragic turn of events. In Innocence, young
Tony grapples with the consequences of his father leaving his
family, and a growing awareness of his own sexuality. The narrative
brilliantly conjures a place and time - a Yorkshire village in the
1960s - and is yet quite universal, a story of family, community
and heartbreak, of growing up and growing away.
General
Imprint: |
Hodder Paperback
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2021 |
Authors: |
Frank White
|
Dimensions: |
196 x 126 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5293-2787-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
LSN: |
1-5293-2787-3 |
Barcode: |
9781529327878 |
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