After Dunkirk: A Novel
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ISBN: 0395868858 / Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, May 1998
Presents a portrait of a man named Luthie, who leads a squadron of young men into the skies above England during the Battle of Britain and contemplates the perplexities of being a just man in a just war
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What is the fate of a just man in a just war?At the onset of World War II, Wayne Luthie is the leader of an inexperienced British flight squadron. While his crew adapts to war from a safe distance, Luthie ponders the delights and puzzles of his childhood in India and falls in love with Nim, a WAAF. But soon the war escalates, with great consequence. Tranquil memories are tinged with remembered violence; riddles are revealed as insidious secrets.
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