| Day Contributor(s): Kennedy, A. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307386317 ISBN-13: 9780307386311 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: 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. Funny and moving, wise and sad, Day" "is a truly original look at the intensity and courage to be found in the closeness of death, from one of Britain's most iconoclastic and highly acclaimed young writers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.28" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Funny and moving, wise and sad, Day is a truly original look at the intensity and courage to be found in the closeness of death, from one of Britain's most iconoclastic and highly acclaimed young writers. |